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Haemophilus, Antibiotic Therapy and the Airway Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonarydisease

2018-09-17

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a smoking-related illness affecting 64 million people worldwide. Airway infection drives recurrent exacerbations and lung function decline. Prophylactic antibiotics may prevent exacerbations but their use is a significant cause of population antimicrobial resistance. We characterised the sputum microbiome by 16S rRNA gene analysis using 138 samples...

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71f3bc83-250c-5f96-a712-3ac699889d28
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10.1101/419127
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