Study of the Lung Microbiome. Have We Reached the End of the Beginning?

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Alison Morris et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 1;195(1):15-16.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201608-1635ED.

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Immune Response and Mortality Risk Relate to Distinct Lung Microbiomes in Patients with HIV and Pneumonia.
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