Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

• Main Authors: Sadegh Khodavaisy (Author), Esmaeil Mortaz (Author), Faezeh Mohammadi (Author), Masoud Aliyali (Author), Hamed Fakhim (Author), Hamid Badali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a chronic inflammatory response in airways and lung parenchyma that results in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cigarette smoking considered as an important risk factor plays a role in pathogenesis of disease. Pneumocystis...