Distinct associations of sputum and oral microbiota with atopic, immunologic, and clinical features in mild asthma

Whether microbiome characteristics of induced sputum or oral samples demonstrate unique relationships to features of atopy or mild asthma in adults is unknown.We sought to determine sputum and oral microbiota relationships to clinical or immunologic features in mild atopic asthma and the impact on the microbiota of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment administered to ICS-naive subjects with asthma.Bacterial microbiota profiles were analyzed in...