Journal article
Smoking, season, and detection of chlamydia pneumoniaeDNA in clinically stable COPD patients
Abstract
BackgroundThe prevalence and role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remain unclear.MethodsPeripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained from 100 outpatients with smoking-related, clinically stable COPD, and induced sputum was obtained in 62 patients.ResultsPatients had mean age (standard deviation) of 65.8 (10.7) years, mean forced expiratory volume in one second of 1.34 (0.61) L, and 61 (61.0%) were …
Authors
Smieja M; Leigh R; Petrich A; Chong S; Kamada D; Hargreave FE; Goldsmith CH; Chernesky M; Mahony JB
Journal
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/1471-2334-2-12
ISSN
1471-2334