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SUBMITTER: Xu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062954 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Stella S Tsai Amy A Sze Marc A MA Vucic Emily A EA Shaipanich Tawimas T Harris Marianne M Guillemi Silvia S Yang Julia J Sinha Sunita S Nislow Corey C Montaner Julio J Lam Wan W Lam Stephen S Sin Don D DD Paul Man S F SF Leung Janice M JM
Respiratory research 20180727 1
<h4>Background</h4>Persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) face an increased burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Repeated pulmonary infections, antibiotic exposures, and immunosuppression may contribute to an altered small airway epithelium (SAE) microbiome.<h4>Methods</h4>SAE cells were collected from 28 PLWH and 48 HIV- controls through bronchoscopic cytologic brushings. DNA extracted from SAE cells was subjected to 16S rRNA amplification and sequencing. Com ...[more]