Disordered oropharyngeal microbial communities in H7N9 patients with or without secondary bacterial lung infection

Disordered oropharyngeal microbial communities in H7N9 patients with or without secondary bacterial lung infection

Secondary bacterial lung infection (SBLI) is a serious complication in patients with H7N9 virus infection, and increases disease severity. The oropharyngeal (OP) microbiome helps prevent colonisation of respiratory pathogens. We aimed to investigate the OP microbiome of H7N9 patients with/without se...

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Main Authors: Hai-feng Lu, Ang Li, Ting Zhang, Zhi-gang Ren, Kang-xin He, Hua Zhang, Jie-zuan Yang, Qi-xia Luo, Kai Zhou, Chun-lei Chen, Xia-liang Chen, Zhong-wen Wu, Lan-juan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
H7N9
microbiota-targeted prophylactic therapies
oropharyngeal microbiome
secondary bacterial lung infection
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2017.101

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