Reply to Ward et al

Micheál Mac Aogáin^{1

2}, Jayanth Kumar Narayana³, Sanjay H Chotirmall^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
² Clinical Biochemistry Unit, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and.
⁴ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

Comment

Micheál Mac Aogáin et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;208(5):631-632.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202305-0872LE.

Micheál Mac Aogáin^{1

2}, Jayanth Kumar Narayana³, Sanjay H Chotirmall^{3

4}

¹ Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
² Clinical Biochemistry Unit, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and.
⁴ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

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Comment on

The Potential Role of Gastric Microbiology in Respiratory Disease.
Ward C, Al Momani H, McDonnell MJ, Murphy DM, Walsh L, Mac Sharry J, Griffin M, Forrest IA, Jones R, Krishnan A, Pearson J, Rutherford RM. Ward C, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep 1;208(5):630-631. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0366LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 37348122 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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