Comparison of Microbiomes from Different Niches of Upper and Lower Airways in Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis

• Sébastien Boutin,

  Affiliations Dept. of Infectious Diseases—Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

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• Simon Y. Graeber,

  Affiliations Department of Translational Pulmonology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Div. of Pediatric Pulmonology & Allergology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

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• Michael Weitnauer,

  Affiliation Dept. of Infectious Diseases—Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Jessica Panitz,

  Affiliations Dept. of Infectious Diseases—Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

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• Mirjam Stahl,

  Affiliations Department of Translational Pulmonology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Div. of Pediatric Pulmonology & Allergology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

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• Diana Clausznitzer,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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• Lars Kaderali,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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• Gisli Einarsson,

  Affiliation CF & Airways Microbiology Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Michael M. Tunney,

  Affiliations CF & Airways Microbiology Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• J. Stuart Elborn,

  Affiliations CF & Airways Microbiology Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, Centre for Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Science, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Marcus A. Mall ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus A. Mall, Alexander H. Dalpke

  Affiliations Department of Translational Pulmonology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Div. of Pediatric Pulmonology & Allergology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

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• Alexander H. Dalpke

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus A. Mall, Alexander H. Dalpke

  * E-mail: alexander.dalpke@med.uni-heidelberg.de

  Affiliations Dept. of Infectious Diseases—Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

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