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Targeted Analysis of the Gut Microbiome for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment Individualization in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.


ABSTRACT: We explored the fecal microbiota in pediatric patients <18 years of age with treatment-naïve IBD (80 Crohn's disease (CD), 27 ulcerative colitis (UC)), in 50 non-IBD patients with gastrointestinal symptoms without inflammation and in 75 healthy children. Using a targeted qPCR approach, the quantities of more than 100 different bacterial species were measured. Results: The bacterial abundance was statistically significantly reduced in the IBD and non-IBD patients compared to the healthy children for several beneficial species. The CD patients had a lower abundance of Bifidobacterium species compared to the UC patients, and the IBD patients in need of biologic therapy had a lower abundance of butyrate producing bacteria. Based on the abundance of bacterial species at diagnosis, we constructed Diagnostic, Phenotype and Prognostic Indexes. Patients with a high Diagnostic Index had 2.5 times higher odds for having IBD than those with a lower index. The CD patients had a higher Phenotype Index than the UC patients. Patients with a high Prognostic Index had 2.1 higher odds for needing biologic therapy compared to those with a lower index. Conclusions: The fecal abundance of bacterial species can aid in diagnosing IBD, in distinguishing CD from UC and in identifying children with IBD in need of biologic therapy.

SUBMITTER: Olbjorn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9319120 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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2021-08-26 | PXD024229 | Pride