admitted to hospital with an exacerbation of COPD;
with no history of probiotics taken;
the duration of antibiotics treatment before enrollment should be less than 72 hours.
You may not be if
being immunocompromised, including history of glucocorticoid taken for more than 1 month, history of immunosuppressive therapy, history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, solid tumor or hematological malignancy;
history of long-term nursing home stays;
history of recently hospitalized (\<90 days).
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