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From: Enrichment of lung microbiome with supraglottic taxa is associated with increased pulmonary inflammation

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Comparison of bacterial loads in background, BAL, and supraglotic samples. Samples from background were obtained from either sterile saline (open square) or from sterile saline flushed through bronchoscope (closed square) and samples from BAL (open circles for never-smokers and closed circles for smokers) and supraglotic (open triangles for never-smokers and closed triangles for smokers) were obtained via bronchoscopy as described (see Additional file 1: Figure S1 for details). To detect bacterial load, universal primers for bacterial 16S rRNA were used in combination with a TaqMan Probe. Differences in bacterial loads were evaluated using Mann–Whitney U test.

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Microbiome

ISSN: 2049-2618

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