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cord-287622-xnksvy21	Carpagnano, Giovanna E	Aspergillus spp. colonization in exhaled breath condensate of lung cancer patients from Puglia Region of Italy	2014-02-18		.txt	text/plain	2990	150	44	Given the recent interest in the infective origin of lung cancer, with this preliminary study we aim to give our small contribution to this field of research by analysing the fungal microbiome of the exhaled breath condensate of lung cancer patients from Puglia, a region of Italy. METHODS: We enrolled 43 lung cancer patients and 21 healthy subjects that underwent exhaled breath condensate and bronchial brushing collection. Among these studies, one emerging from our group recently analysed viral colonization in the exhaled breath condensate (EBC) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, involving a sample from airways that is completely non-invasive and apparently suitable for microbiological studies ( [2] , unpublished data). For the first time to our knowledge, we tested fungal microbioma of exhaled breath condensate and paired bronchial brushing of patients with diagnosed lung cancer and of healthy subjects and in 27.9% of lung cancer patients we detected the presence of mold (Aspergillus niger, A.	./cache/cord-287622-xnksvy21.txt	./txt/cord-287622-xnksvy21.txt