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cord-312952-9gbb4own	WARDZYŃSKA, ALEKSANDRA	The profile of respiratory pathogens in induced sputum of elderly and non-elderly asthmatics	2020-01-20		.txt	text/plain	2990	167	47	While the majority of studies indicate that the detection rate of respiratory viruses in patients with asthma and healthy subjects is similar [10] , they have been found to differ with regard to the bacterial composition of the airways [11] . This technique was chosen for the present study, to test the hypothesis that elderly patients with asthma display a different profile of respiratory pathogens in the airways as compared to non-elderly asthmatics, and that this profile may be related to local airway and/or systemic inflammation. This study is the first to use the IS technique to compare detection rates of respiratory pathogens in the airways of elderly and non-elderly patients with asthma. Although the detection rate and profile of respiratory viruses in IS was similar in elderly and non-elderly patients with asthma, the presence of pathogens was associated with some clinical characteristics only in older subjects.	./cache/cord-312952-9gbb4own.txt	./txt/cord-312952-9gbb4own.txt