The Role of Infection in Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

• Egile Nagusiak: Dong Weng (Egilea), Xian-Qiu Chen (Egilea), Hui Qiu (Egilea), Yuan Zhang (Egilea), Qiu-Hong Li (Egilea), Meng-Meng Zhao (Egilea), Qin Wu (Egilea), Tao Chen (Egilea), Yang Hu (Egilea), Liu-Sheng Wang (Egilea), Ya-Ru Wei (Egilea), Yu-Kui Du (Egilea), Shan-Shan Chen (Egilea), Ying Zhou (Egilea), Fen Zhang (Egilea), Li Shen (Egilea), Yi-Liang Su (Egilea), Martin Kolb (Egilea), Hui-Ping Li (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. Acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF) is associated with high mortality. We studied changes in pathogen involvement during AE-IPF and explored a possible role of infection in AE-IPF. Objectives. Our purpose is to investigate the role of infection in AE-IPF. Methods. Overall, we recruited 17...