The healthy lung was long thought of as sterile, but recent advances using molecular
sequencing approaches have detected bacteria at low levels. Healthy lung bacteria largely …

Healthy human lungs have traditionally been considered to be a sterile organ. However,
culture-independent molecular techniques have reported that large numbers of microbes …

Exposure to environmental pollution influences respiratory health. The role of the airway
microbial ecosystem underlying the interaction of exposure and respiratory health remains …

Pneumonia and its sequelae, acute lung injury, present unique challenges for pulmonary
and critical care healthcare professionals, and these challenges have recently garnered …

Microorganisms found in the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are symbiotic under steady
state conditions and have role in the homeostasis of the human host. The term microbiome …

Rationale: Long-term antibiotic use for managing chronic respiratory disease is increasing;
however, the role of the airway resistome and its relationship to host microbiomes remains …

The last decade of microbiome research has highlighted its fundamental role in systemic
immune and metabolic homeostasis. The microbiome plays a prominent role during …

The wide diversity of microbiota at the genera and species levels across sites and
individuals is related to various causes and the observed differences between individuals …

Rationale: Host inflammatory responses have been strongly associated with adverse
outcomes in critically ill patients, but the biologic underpinnings of such heterogeneous …

In microbiome fields of study, meta-analyses have proven to be a valuable tool for identifying
the technical drivers of variation among studies and results of investigations in several …