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Central Nervous System and the Colonic Bioreactor: Analysis of Colonic Microbiota in Patients with Stroke Unravels Unknown Mechanisms of the Host Defense after Brain Injury
2012-01-01
Abstract excerpt
by life threatening septic complications. The origin of the quickly changing polymicrobial infectious events is the endogenous flora from the skin, oro-pharynx, uro-genital region and colon. The colon is the largest reservoir for bacteria. The colon is physiologically seen a bioreactor. Here, bacteria ferment waste products of digestion, recycle water and electrolytes, and win additional energy via short fatty aci...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 30c3f36c-c1df-56f5-bbd0-bdb356a1522e
- DOI
- 10.5217/ir.2012.10.4.332
