Airways microbial flora in COPD patients in stable clinical conditions and during exacerbations: A bronchoscopic investigation

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 262-267

  Pela, R ^a  

^a Ospedale SS Benvenuto e Rocco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airways microbial flora; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exacerbations; Protected specimen brush; Stable state

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRONCHUS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MUCUS SECRETION; PNEUMONIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031689541     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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