Upper airways microbiota in antibiotic-naïve wheezing and healthy infants from the tropics of rural Ecuador

Observations that the airway microbiome is disturbed in asthma may be confounded by the widespread use of antibiotics and inhaled steroids. We have therefore examined the oropharyngeal microbiome in early onset wheezing infants from a rural area of tropical Ecuador where antibiotic usage is minimal...

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