Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Recent research shows that asthmatic patients have a much higher load of bacteria in their lower airways than do healthy subjects. How could that contribute to what we see in the pathology of asthma?
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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