Zeitschrift für Atemwegsmedizin

Abstrakt

Respiratory Pathogens Inflammation and Virulence

Shuofeng Yuan

Changes in bacterial phenotype associated with virulence were observed following exposure to e-cig vapour. In some cases the observed phenotypic changes were less than those observed with cigarette smoke-exposed bacteria.However, in general, there was little difference in the effect on exposure of bacteria to cigarette smoke or e-cig vapour,with exposure to either resulting in increased virulence and inflammatory potential of the bacterial isolates.