Increased risk of pneumonia in residents living near poultry farms: does the upper respiratory tract microbiota play a role?
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Increased risk of pneumonia in residents living near poultry farms: does the upper respiratory tract microbiota play a role?
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Pneumonia 2017, 9:3
Abstract
Air pollution has been shown to increase the susceptibility to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Previously, we observed an increased incidence of CAP in adults living within 1 km from poultry farms, potentially related to particulate matter and endotoxin emissions. We aim to confirm the increased risk of CAP near poultry farms by refined spatial analyses, and we hypothesize that the oropharyngeal microbiota composition in CAP patients may be associated with residential proximity to poultry farms.