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Gisli G Einarsson1,2,3, Laura J Sherrard1,2,3, Andrew J Lee1,2

  • 1Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.

ERJ open research
|December 31, 2025
PubMed
まとめ

定量的ポリメラーゼ連鎖反応(qPCR)は、慢性呼吸器疾患における治療反応を測定できる。本研究では、気管支拡張症患者をトブラマイシン吸入粉末(TIP)への反応者と非反応者に層別化し、異なる微生物群集を特定し、治療転帰を予測した。

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