New Strains of Bacteria and Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Sethi, Sanjay; Evans, Nancy; J. B. Grant, Brydon; F. Murphy, Timothy

doi:10.1056/nejmoa012561

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New Strains of Bacteria and Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 15, 2002

Authors:

Sanjay Sethi

Nancy Evans

Brydon J. B. Grant

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The role of bacterial pathogens in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is controversial. In older studies, the rates of isolation of bacterial pathogens from sputum were the same during acute exacerbations and during stable disease. However, these studies did not...

Subject

Medicine

Exacerbation

Moraxella catarrhalis

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