Association Between Pathogens Detected Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction With Airway Inflammation in COPD at Stable State and Exacerbations
Keywords: CFU; colony-forming units; PPM; potentially pathogenic microorganism; qPCR; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; SGRQ; St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire; TNF; tumor necrosis factor; VAS; visual analog scale;