Research Article: Seasonal Dynamics of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Introduction:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. The advent of the new culture-independent microbial sequencing technology has made it possible to disclose the complex microbial community of the respiratory tract and characterized a distinct bacterial community in the airway of COPD patients compared to healthy subjects. – A number of studies revealed significant differences between the lung microbiome in healthy subjects and COPD…
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