LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Long-term effects of inhaled corticosteroids on sputum bacterial and viral loads in COPD patients

Conclusions: In moderate COPD patients ICS-treatment is associated with a significant increase in airway total bacterial load, not related to clinical outcomes, when eosinophils are persistently absent in sputum samplesThe study was supported by unrestricted grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Contoli, M., Pauletti, A., Casolari, P., Gnesini, G., Magnoni, M. S., Curradi, G., Forini, G., Marku, B., Papi, A. Tags: 10.1 Respiratory Infections Source Type: research