The sputum microbiome is distinct between COPD and health, independent of smoking history

Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 12
Published: Jul 14, 2020
Abstract
Airway bacterial dysbiosis is a feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there is limited comparative data of the lung microbiome between healthy smokers, non-smokers and COPD. We compared the 16S rRNA gene-based sputum microbiome generated from pair-ended Illumina sequencing of 124 healthy subjects (28 smokers and 96 non-smokers with normal lung function), with single stable samples from 218 COPD subjects collected from...
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Title
The sputum microbiome is distinct between COPD and health, independent of smoking history
Published Date
Jul 14, 2020
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
1 - 12
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