Article
The fecal microbiome in diverticulitis and asymptomatic diverticulosis: A case-control study in the US
2019-07-12
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Objective</h4> The intestinal microbiota are hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of diverticulitis. We compared fecal microbial communities in individuals with diverticulitis to those with uncomplicated diverticulosis. <h4>Methods</h4> We used 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing to assess and compare the microbiota composition of fecal samples from 10 patients presenting with acute diverticulitis (ca...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6bb12428-7b02-58fc-91cc-0ee69ee39d14
- DOI
- 10.1101/19001404
