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Hemu Patel

Researcher at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Publications -  19
Citations -  1219

Hemu Patel is an academic researcher from University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sputum & COPD. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 17 publications receiving 1040 citations. Previous affiliations of Hemu Patel include University of Leicester.

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Association Between Pathogens Detected Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction With Airway Inflammation in COPD at Stable State and Exacerbations

TL;DR: At stable state, H influenzae is associated with increasedAirway inflammation in COPD and the relationship between bacterial load changes of specific pathogens and airway inflammation at exacerbation and recovery warrants further investigation.
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Phenotypically Adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Populations from Sputum Are Tolerant to First-Line Drugs

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe protocols for the cryopreservation and direct assessment of antimicrobial tolerance of these M. tuberculosis populations within sputum, and show that first-line drugs achieved only modest bactericidal effects on all three populations over 7 days (1 to 2.5 log 10 reductions).