Comparing microbiota profiles in induced and spontaneous sputum samples in COPD patients
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DOI: 10.1186/s12931-017-0645-3
Abstract: BackgroundInduced and spontaneous sputum are used to evaluate the airways microbiota. Whether the sputum types can be used interchangeably in microbiota research is unknown. Our aim was to compare microbiota in induced and spontaneous sputum… read more here.
Keywords: sputum; copd patients; spontaneous sputum; sputum samples ... See more keywords