Microbial communities of conducting and respiratory zones of lung-transplanted patients

Microbial communities of conducting and respiratory zones of lung-transplanted patients

Background: Lung transplantation (LT) is a recognized treatment for end-stage pulmonary disease. Bacteria from the recipient nasopharynx seed the new lungs leading to infections and allograft damage. Understanding the characteristics and topological variations of the microbiota may be important to a...

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Main Authors: Marie Beaume, Vladimir Lazarevic, Thilo Köhler, Nadia Gaïa, Oriol Manuel, John-David Aubert, Loïc Baerlocher, Laurent Farinelli, Paola Gasche, Jacques Schrenzel, Christian Van Delden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Lung Transplantation
microbiota
Conducting airways
respiratory airways
lung allograft
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01749/full

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