The microbiological characteristics of lower respiratory tract infection in patients with neuromuscular disorders: An investigation based on a multiplex polymerase chain reaction to detect viruses and a clone library analysis of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequence in sputum samples.

The microbiological characteristics of lower respiratory tract infection in patients with neuromuscular disorders: An investigation based on a multiplex polymerase chain reaction to detect viruses and a clone library analysis of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequence in sputum samples.
J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2019 Mar 08;:
Authors: Ogawa M, Hoshina T, Haro K, Kumadaki T, Ishii M, Fujino Y, Fukuda K, Kusuhara K
Abstract
We performed gene amplification methods for the detections of bacteria and viruses using sputum samples to clarify the microbiological characteristics of lower respiratory tract infection in patients with neuromuscular disorders. The tendencies of higher proportion of respiratory virus detection and lower diversity of bacteria in sputum were observed.
PMID: 30898603 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - March 7, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ogawa M, Hoshina T, Haro K, Kumadaki T, Ishii M, Fujino Y, Fukuda K, Kusuhara K Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research