Profiling the COPD airway microbiome using quantitative culture and 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Simon Brill (London, United Kingdom), Simon Brill, Phillip James, Leah Cuthbertson, Michael Cox, William Cookson, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Miriam Moffatt

Source: International Congress 2016 – Clinical and microbiological aspects of infections in COPD patients
Session: Clinical and microbiological aspects of infections in COPD patients
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1787
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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