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Reduction of butyrate- and methane-producing microorganisms in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Scientific reports - 4 Aug 2015
Pozuelo Marta, Panda Suchita, Santiago Alba, Mendez Sara, Accarino Anna, Santos Javier, Guarner Francisco, Azpiroz Fernando, Manichanh Chaysavanh
Abstract excerpt
The pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains unclear. Here we investigated the microbiome of a large cohort of patients to identify specific signatures for IBS subtypes. We examined the microbiome of 113 patients with IBS and 66 healthy controls. A subset of these participants provided two samples one month apart. We analyzed a total of 273 fecal samples, generating more than 20 million 16S rRNA...
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