Lower airway microbiota in COPD and healthy controls

Conclusion The lower airway microbiota is equal in richness in patients with COPD to controls, but less even. Genera from the Firmicutes phylum thrive particularly in COPD airways. Smoking has different effects on diversity and taxonomic abundance in patients with COPD compared with controls. COPD severity and ICS use were not linked to the lower airway microbiota.
Source: Thorax - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Thorax Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Source Type: research