The airway microbiota and exacerbations of COPD.
Elise Orvedal LeitenRune NielsenHarald Gotten WikerPer Sigvald BakkeEinar Marius Hjellestad MartinsenChristine DrengenesSolveig TangedalGunnar Reksten HusebøTomas Mikal Lind EaganPublished in: ERJ open research (2020)
The findings from the current study indicate that individual differences in the lower airway microbiota in persons with COPD far outweigh group differences between frequent and nonfrequent COPD exacerbators, and that the compositionality of the microbiota is so complex as to present large challenges for use as a biomarker of later exacerbations.