Aerodigestive sampling reveals altered microbial exchange between lung, oropharyngeal, and gastric microbiomes in children with impaired swallow function

Background Children with oropharyngeal dysphagia have impaired airway protection mechanisms and are at higher risk for pneumonia and other pulmonary complications. Aspiration of gastric contents is often implicated as a cause for these pulmonary complications, despite being supported by little evide...

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Principais autores: Duvallet, Claire, Alm, Eric J.
Outros Autores: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
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Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124473