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Table 4 Quantitation analysis of bacterial populations in the COPD and healthy group by real-time PCR(Mean ± SD)

From: Analysis of the bacterial community in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease sputum samples by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and real-time PCR

Bacterium

COPD group

Healthy group

Mann-Whitney T test (p) value)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

9.48 ± 3.42

1.24 ± 1.78

0.001

Klebsiella pneumoniae

34.65 ± 31.47

6.26 ± 17.69

0.047

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6.19 ± 1.81

1.44 ± 3.22

0.008

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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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