Serum cathelicidin, nasopharyngeal microbiota, and disease severity among infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis

Publication date: Available online 12 November 2016
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Kohei Hasegawa, Jonathan M. Mansbach, Nadim J. Ajami, Joseph F. Petrosino, Robert J. Freishtat, Stephen J. Teach, Pedro A. Piedra, Carlos A. Camargo

Teaser

Among infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis, and who had low serum LL-37 levels, the Haemophilus-dominant nasopharyngeal microbiota profile was associated with higher disease severity. By contrast, in those with high LL-37 levels, we observed no association.


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