TB Research

Sputum Microbiome and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Rural Ugandan Cohort of Well-Controlled HIV Infection

Alex Kayongo, Theda Ulrike Patricia Bartolomaeus, Till Birkner, Lajos Markó, Ulrike Löber, Edgar Kigozi, Carolyne Atugonza, Richard Munana, et al. (23 authors)

Microbiology Spectrum · 2023-02

Abstract

Even with ART available, HIV-infected individuals are at high risk of suffering comorbidities, as shown by the high prevalence of noninfectious lung diseases in the HIV population. Recent studies have suggested a role for the respiratory microbiota in driving chronic lung inflammation.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Sputum
  • Microbiome
  • COPD
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Immunology
  • Population
  • Cohort
  • Pulmonary disease
  • Lung infection
  • Cohort study
  • Lung
  • Obstructive lung disease