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A polymicrobial view of disease potential in Crohn's-associated adherent-invasive E. coli.
Gut microbes - 4 Mar 2018
Elhenawy Wael, Oberc Alexander, Coombes Brian K
Abstract excerpt
The human gut is home to trillions of bacteria and provides the scaffold for one of the most complex microbial ecosystems in nature. Inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease, involve a compositional shift in the microbial constituents of this ecosystem with a marked expansion of Enterobacteriaceae, particularly Escherichia coli. Adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) strains are frequently isolated from the...
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