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SUBMITTER: Shen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873689 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Hongzhang H Zhu Juanjuan J Ye Fuqiang F Xu Dongchao D Fang Liangliang L Yang Jianfeng J Lv Huijie H Lou Qifeng Q Jin Hangbin H Ni Ming M Zhang Xiaofeng X
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 20210127
The biliary microbiota is related to the pathogenesis of human bile duct stones. However, the extent to which a history of invasive endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) affects the biliary bacterial community remains largely unknown. We collected bile samples from the common bile duct of 100 choledocholithiasis patients. We performed 16S rRNA sequencing to investigate and compare the biliary microbial community. The patients without antibiotic treatment (AT) were grouped into three clusters based on ...[more]