Article
16S rRNA gene sequencing reveals site-specific signatures of the upper and lower airways of cystic fibrosis patients
2017-04-07
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Rationale</h4> Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disorder of the sinonasal mucosa associated with microbial colonization. Metastasis of sinus microbiota into the lower airways is thought have significant implications in the development of chronic respiratory disease. However, this dynamic has not been thoroughly investigated in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, where lower airway...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 907063cf-2a94-50e3-b604-e2f3dd17e72c
- DOI
- 10.1101/125187
