Análisis integrado de datos del microbioma revela biomarcadores microbianos potenciales de neumonía en pacientes de

Pownraj Brindangnanam1, Mohane Selvaraj Coumar2

  • 1Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry, 605014, India.

Current microbiology
|August 30, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio identifica a Pseudomonas como un biomarcador microbiano clave para la neumonía en pacientes de la unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI). Dirigirse a vías funcionales específicas puede ofrecer nuevas estrategias de medicina de precisión para controlar esta infección común en la UCI.

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