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Characterisation of blood microbiota in patients with liver cirrhosis
23 Aug 2019
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Bacterial infections arising in patients with liver cirrhosis are associated with life-threatening complications such as hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in relation to bacterial translocation. To investigate the state of bacterial translocation, we surveyed the peripheral blood microbiota by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analysed the blood microbial profiles....
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