Pylephlebitis: a rare complication of an intra-abdominal infection
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2013 Pylephlebitis is defined as an inflamed thrombosis of the portal vein. It is a rare complication of an intra-abdominal infection, and the diagnosis is often missed due to its nonspecific clinical presentation.
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Emerging trends in 'smart probiotics' : functional consideration for the development of novel health and industrial applications [PDF]
, 2017 The link between gut microbiota and human health is well-recognized and described. This ultimate impact on the host has contributed to explain the mutual dependence between humans and their gut bacteria.
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Dietary pectic glycans are degraded by coordinated enzyme pathways in human colonic Bacteroides
Nature Microbiology, 2017 The major nutrients available to human colonic Bacteroides species are glycans, exemplified by pectins, a network of covalently linked plant cell wall polysaccharides containing galacturonic acid (GalA).
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Scientific Reports, 2020 Faecal lipopolysaccharides (LPS) have attracted attention as potent elements to explain a correlation between the gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease (CVD) progression.
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Individual-specific changes in the human gut microbiota after challenge with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and subsequent ciprofloxacin treatment [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank Mark Stares, Richard Rance, and other members of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s 454 sequencing team for generating the 16S rRNA gene data. Lili Fox Vélez provided editorial support.
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mBio, 2020 Bacteroides species are abundant in the human intestine and provide numerous beneficial properties to their hosts. The ability of Bacteroides species to convert host and dietary glycans and polysaccharides to energy is paramount to their success in the ...
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Mixed Spices at Culinary Doses Have Prebiotic Effects in Healthy Adults: A Pilot Study. [PDF]
, 2019 Spices were used as food preservatives prior to the advent of refrigeration, suggesting the possibility of effects on microbiota. Previous studies have shown prebiotic activities in animals and in vitro, but there has not been a demonstration of ...
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GABA-modulating bacteria of the human gut microbiota. [PDF]
, 2019 The gut microbiota affects many important host functions, including the immune response and the nervous system1. However, while substantial progress has been made in growing diverse microorganisms of the microbiota2, 23-65% of species residing in the ...
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Ameliorates Colon Inflammation in Preclinical Models of Crohn’s Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2018 Background Alterations in the gut microbiota are strongly associated with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly with Crohn’s disease, which is characterized by reduced abundance of commensal anaerobic bacteria including ...
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Enterotoxigenic and nontoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis strains isolated in Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008 The presence of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and nontoxigenic B. fragilis (NTBF) among 109 strains isolated from 1980-2008 in Brazil were investigated by PCR.
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