The Role of Infection in Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

• Main Authors: Dong Weng (Author), Xian-Qiu Chen (Author), Hui Qiu (Author), Yuan Zhang (Author), Qiu-Hong Li (Author), Meng-Meng Zhao (Author), Qin Wu (Author), Tao Chen (Author), Yang Hu (Author), Liu-Sheng Wang (Author), Ya-Ru Wei (Author), Yu-Kui Du (Author), Shan-Shan Chen (Author), Ying Zhou (Author), Fen Zhang (Author), Li Shen (Author), Yi-Liang Su (Author), Martin Kolb (Author), Hui-Ping Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...