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SUBMITTER: Acharya C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314917 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 20180809 2
In patients with cirrhosis, the gut microbiome are affected by multiple gut and systemic alterations. These changes lead to dysbiosis in the microbiota of different parts of the body, resulting in inflammation. The constant immune stimulation resulting in part from dysbiosis is associated with morbidity in patients with cirrhosis. Dysbiosis as a dynamic event worsens with decompensation such as with hepatic encephalopathy, infections or acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). These microbial patt ...[more]