Overview
COPD and non-COPD patients will be included in the study after collection of their non-objection. The exhalation will be collected to study the microbiological diversity of human exhalations.
a second collection for the year +1 will be made, at the same time (between October and March).
Description
The subjects will be recruited during a medical visit in the Departments of Pneumology and Occupational and Environmental Pathologies.
After information and inclusion of the subject in the study, a collection of clinical data, the state of health and the smoking status of the subject will be carried out by the clinical study technician.
A collection of the exhalation will also be carried out by the clinical study technician.
Several groups of subjects will be formed according to pathologies (COPD versus non-COPD), age and smoking status
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
For COPD:
- Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Age: over 18
For non-COPD
- Absence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Age: between 18 and 30 years old and between 45 and 70 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Taking certain medications in the month preceding the sample (antibiotics, systemic corticosteroids, immunosuppressants)
- Person under guardianship or curatorship
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Person unable to express his/her opposition, person deprived of liberty
- Existence of a chronic infectious pulmonary pathology such as (dilation of the bronchi, cystic fibrosis)