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The pulmonary mycobiome—A study of subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
7 Apr 2021
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BACKGROUND: The fungal part of the pulmonary microbiome (mycobiome) is understudied. We report the composition of the oral and pulmonary mycobiome in participants with COPD compared to controls in a large-scale single-centre bronchoscopy study (MicroCOPD). METHODS: Oral wash and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was collected from 93 participants with COPD and 100 controls. Fungal DNA was extracted before sequencing...
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