Impact of bacterial infections on airway diseases

Bacterial infections play an important role as aetiologic agents in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Modern investigational tools, including bronchoscopy, microbial molecular epidemiology and measurement of specific immunity have established that bacteria cause up...

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Main Author: G. B. Toews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2005-12-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
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Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/14/95/62