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Airway Resistome Higher In Chronic Lung Disease

Recent antibiotic exposure was linked to greater antimicrobial resistance gene burden in bronchoscopy samples of patients with chronic lung disease.

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    Study analyzed samples from 263 participants with various lung diseases.

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    Higher AMR gene prevalence observed in sarcoidosis and IPF patients.

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    Tetracycline resistance genes found in 33% of samples.

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    Recent antibiotic exposure linked to increased resistance gene counts.

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    Study had limitations in sampling and small group sizes.

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Airway Resistome Higher In Chronic Lung Disease

  • by Andrea Surnit

  • March 27, 2026

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