Metataxonomic investigation of the microbial community in the trachea and oropharynx of healthy controls and diabetic patients using endotracheal tubes

• Sun Young Cho,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Jeong-Hyun Choi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Seung Hyeun Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-313X

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• Yong-Sung Choi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Sung Wook Hwang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Young Jin Kim

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

  * E-mail: khmclab@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8182-2433

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