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. 2014 Apr;133(4):1220-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.049. Epub 2013 Dec 22.

Nasopharyngeal Proteobacteria are associated with viral etiology and acute wheezing in children with severe bronchiolitis

Embriette R Hyde  1 , Joseph F Petrosino  2 , Pedro A Piedra  3 , Carlos A Camargo Jr  4 , Janice A Espinola  4 , Jonathan M Mansbach  5
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Nasopharyngeal Proteobacteria are associated with viral etiology and acute wheezing in children with severe bronchiolitis

Embriette R Hyde et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

In the nasopharyngeal microbiome of children with severe bronchiolitis, Proteobacteria, specifically Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, were associated with the viral etiology of bronchiolitis, and Moraxella species were more common among children with acute wheezing.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Average abundances of phyla present by patient wheeze status
Exploded pie charts illustrate the abundance (as a percentage) of phyla present across all samples in A) patients without wheeze (n=36), and B) patients with wheeze (n=59) upon admission.
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