articleGastroenterologyOct 10, 2016HYBRID OA

Identification of an Intestinal Microbiota Signature Associated With Severity of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement · Danone (Netherlands) · +5 more institutions

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Background & AimsWe have limited knowledge about the association between the composition of the intestinal microbiota and clinical features of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We collected information on the fecal and mucosa-associated microbiota of patients with IBS and evaluated whether these were associated with symptoms.MethodsWe collected fecal and mucosal samples from adult patients who met the Rome III criteria for IBS at a secondary/tertiary care outpatient clinics in Sweden, as well as from healthy subjects. The exploratory set comprised 149 subjects (110 with IBS and 39 healthy subjects); 232 fecal samples and 59 mucosal biopsy samples were collected and analyzed by 16S ribosomal RNA targeted…

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