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Dysbiosis of the faecal microbiota in patients with Crohn's disease and their unaffected relatives

Gut · 2011 · Vol. 60(5) · pp. 631–637
Marie JoossensGeert HuysMargo CnockaertVicky De PreterKristin VerbekePaul RutgeertsPeter VandammeSéverine Vermeire

Abstract

Unaffected relatives of patients with CD have a different composition of their microbiota compared with healthy controls. This dysbiosis is not characterised by lack of butyrate producing-bacteria as observed in CD but suggests a role for microorganisms with mucin degradation capacity.

Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseMicroscopic ColitisGut microbiota and healthRuminococcusDysbiosisFaecalibacterium prausnitziiGut floraMicrobiologyBifidobacteriumBiologyVeillonellaInternal medicineLactobacillus

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacteriaCrohn DiseaseDNA, BacterialFecesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSymbiosisCase-Control StudiesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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