lungbiome: Microbiome and cytokine signatures of bacterial pneumonia and tracheobronchitis

Lung transplant recipients routinely acquire infectious diseases such as bacterial pneumonia and tracheobronchitis. These two diseases are difficult to distinguish from each other, or from non-infectious airway colonization because there is considerable overlap in their signs and symptoms and respiratory culture findings. In this project, we explored the microbiome and cytokine signatures of lung transplant recipients with bacterial pneumonia, tracheobronchitis and non-infectious airway colonization.