Airway Microbiota in Severe Asthma and Relationship to Asthma Severity and Phenotypes.
BACKGROUND:The lower airways harbor a community of bacterial species which is altered in asthma. OBJECTIVES:We examined whether the lower airway microbiota were related to measures of asthma severity. METHODS:We prospectively recruited 26 severe asthma, 18 non-severe asthma and 12 healthy subjects....
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4831690?pdf=render |