The Role of the Respiratory Microbiome in Pneumonia.

Jennifer M Baker, Robert P Dickson

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Review in Clinics in chest medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jennifer M BakerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Robert P DicksonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: rodickso@med.umich.edu.

Funding

Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research in the Microbiome and Lung DiseaseK24HL159247 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Robert Pickett Dickson · 2022 to 2026

$625k

NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL159247

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lung microbiome field has matured into a promising area of translational research. Emerging evidence from the past decade, including studies of COVID pneumonia, indicates a role for respiratory microbiota in pneumonia pathogenesis. Here, the authors discuss areas of investigation that will be essential to refine an ecology-based conceptual framework of pneumonia pathogenesis, which will ultimately guide the development of microbiome-targeted diagnostics and therapeutics for pneumonia management.

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LungMicrobiotaPneumoniaCOVID-19HumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Lung microbiomeMicrobial ecologyPneumonia

Identifiers

PMID42203413

DOI10.1016/j.ccm.2025.12.004

PMCPMC13532625

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