Association between pathogens detected using quantitative polymerase chain reaction with airway inflammation in COPD at stable state and exacerbations - Barker, Bethan L; Haldar, Koirobi; Patel, Hemu; Pavord, Ian D; Barer, Michael R; Brightling, Christopher E; Bafadhel, Mona (Chest, 2015)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Female; Humans; Inflammation - microbiology; Male; Middle Aged; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - microbiology; Sputum - microbiology