Article
HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy have an altered mucosal intestinal but not oral microbiome
2022-05-19
Abstract excerpt
This study characterized compositional and functional shifts in the intestinal and oral microbiome in HIV-positive patients compared to uninfected individuals. 79 specimens were collected from 5 HIV-positive and 12 control subjects from five locations (colon brush, colon wash, TI brush, TI wash and saliva) during colonoscopy and at patient visits. Microbiome composition was characterized using 16S rRNA sequencing...
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- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Gut microbiota and health
- HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7ccf08a9-e711-56e8-939c-f9bc953f5d14
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.05.19.492600
