Airway Microbial Community Turnover Differs by BPD Severity in Ventilated Preterm Infants.

Airway Microbial Community Turnover Differs by BPD Severity in Ventilated Preterm Infants.

Preterm birth exposes the developing lung to an environment with direct exposure to bacteria, often facilitated by endotracheal intubation. Despite evidence linking bacterial infections to the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), systematic studies of airway microbiota are limited. The...

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Main Authors: Brandie D Wagner, Marci K Sontag, J Kirk Harris, Joshua I Miller, Lindsey Morrow, Charles E Robertson, Mark Stephens, Brenda B Poindexter, Steven H Abman, Peter M Mourani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5271346?pdf=render

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