The role of acute and chronic respiratory colonization and infections in the pathogenesis of COPD

Respirology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 634-650

  Leung, Janice M ^a,b   Tiew, Pei Yee ^c   Mac Aogáin, Micheál ^d   Budden, Kurtis F ^e,f   Yong, Valerie Fei Lee ^d   Thomas, Sangeeta S ^d   Pethe, Kevin ^d   Hansbro, Philip M ^e,f   Chotirmall, Sanjay H ^d  

^a The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; colonization; infection; microbiome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MACROLIDE; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; AIRWAY REMODELING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; MOUSE MODEL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SUPERINFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85016552715     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13032     Document Type: Review

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