Differential responses of COPD macrophages to respiratory bacterial pathogens
COPD patients have increased susceptibility to airway bacterial colonisation. Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are three of the most common respiratory bacterial species in COPD. H. influenzae colonisation, but not other bacteria, in COPD patients is associa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2022-08-01
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Series: | ERJ Open Research |
Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/8/3/00044-2022.full |