Sputum microbiota and inflammation at stable state and during exacerbations in a cohort of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

• Solveig Tangedal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stangedal@gmail.com

  Affiliations Dept. of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-5306

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• Rune Nielsen,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Dept. of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Marianne Aanerud,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Louise J. Persson,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Harald G. Wiker,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Dept. of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Dept. of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Per S. Bakke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept. of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Pieter S. Hiemstra,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Tomas M. Eagan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Dept. of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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