Fig. 7
From: The sputum microbiome associated with different sub-types of AECOPD in a Chinese cohort
Bacterial OTUs that differentiate sputum-eosinophilic vs non-sputum-eosinophilic AECOPDs: Mean Decrease in Accuracy plot of the top 15 bacterial OTUs (a); Box plots of representative OTUs (b-g). AUCRF was performed to find bacteria that differentiate sputum eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic in AECOPD patients. . A: top 25 bacterial OTUs were listed based on Mean Decrease in Accuracy (MDA) from AUCRF; b-g: Box plots of relative abundance of representative OTUs, and the p values were calculated by using Wilcoxon test. AECOPD: acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Sputum eosinophils < 3% as non-sputum-eosinophilic (26 samples), sputum eosinophils ≥3% sputum-eosinophilic (7 samples)