New strains of bacteria and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

By S. Sethi, N. Evans, B. Grant, T. Murphy. New England Journal of Medicine, 2002

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Infections and airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severe exacerbations. (2006, background): “In previous studies, bacterial strain typing has been shown to be important in discriminating between infective and colonizing strains (9, 30, 31).”
Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections - Full version (2011, neutral): “catarrhalis in the colonized airways [88].”
Disordered Microbial Communities in Asthmatic Airways (2010, background): “These same bacteria have consistently been associated with exacerbations of both asthma [7] and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [8].”
COPD exacerbations: defining their cause and prevention (2007, positive): “Sethi and colleagues 42 have suggested that isolation of a new bacterial strain in COPD patients who were regularly sampled was associated with an in creased risk of an exacerbation.”