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Age and fecal microbial strain-specific differences in patients with spondyloarthritis
30 Jan 2018
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BACKGROUND: Prior studies have demonstrated abnormalities in the composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota in pediatric and adult patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). In particular, diminished fecal abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and abnormalities in both directions in the abundance of the Bacteroides genus have been identified. METHODS: We obtained fecal specimens from 30 children with...
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