Do two sampling methods yield distinct microbial signatures in the nasopharynges of asthmatic children?
Nasopharyngeal microenvironments in asthmatic children contain microbiotas with different diversity and structure. Nasal washes and brushes capture that diversity differently. Future microbial studies of the nasopharynx need to be aware of potential spatial variation (biogeography).
BPD-DS reliably causes rapid and complete remission of T2DM in all patients on oral antidiabetic drugs and in patients with insulin treatment for less than 5 years. In patients with insulin treatment longer than 5 or 10 years, complete remission rates decline to 88 and 66%, respectively. A low C-peptide preoperatively might be a specific adverse prognostic parameter for the chance of diabetes remission.