Sputum neutrophil elastase associates with microbiota and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis.
Martina OrianoAndrea GramegnaLeonardo TerranovaGiovanni SotgiuImran SulaimanLuca RuggieroLaura SaderiBenjamin WuJames D ChalmersLeopoldo N SegalPaola MarchisioFrancesco BlasiStefano AlibertiPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2020)
High levels of active neutrophil elastase are associated to low microbiome diversity and specifically to P. aeruginosa infection.