Airway bacteria measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and culture in patients with stable COPD: Relationship with neutrophilic airway inflammation, exacerbation frequency, and lung function

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 1075-1083

  Bafadhel, Mona ^a   Haldar, Koirobi ^b   Barker, Bethan ^b   Patel, Hemu ^c   Mistry, Vijay ^b   Barer, Michael R ^b,c   Pavord, Ian D ^a   Brightling, Christopher E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H. influenzae; QPCR; Sputum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84933500869     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S80091     Document Type: Article

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