What is it about?
We compared the bacterial and fungal communities in different locations of the respiratory tract of people with and without tuberculosis.
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Why is it important?
The microbial communities of the oropharynx were slightly different between healthy controls and tuberculosis patients and can thus be further used to identify possible associations with tuberculosis disease.
Perspectives
The study of microbial communities associated with various diseased states can lead to insight regarding their importance in terms of health.
Maria Mercedes Zambrano
Corporación Corpogen
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This page is a summary of: Respiratory tract clinical sample selection for microbiota analysis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, Microbiome, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/2049-2618-2-29.
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