Use of Rectal Swab Samples for Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiome in Children
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Rectal Swabs for Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota
The composition of the gut microbiota is associated with various disease states, most notably inflammatory bowel disease, obesity and malnutrition. This underlines that analysis of intestinal microbiota is potentially an interesting target for clinical diagnostics. Currently, the most commonly used sample types are feces and mucosal biopsy specimens. Because sampling method, storage and process...
متن کاملUse of Foley Catheter Instead of Digital Rectal Examination for Detection of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Infants and Children
A digital rectal examination is a highly important procedure carried out on infants and children during visits to the gastroenterology clinic, but is often accompanied with physiologic and psychologic trauma in patients, along with being diagnostically inaccurate in the results obtained from it. In order to avoid causing discomfort to the patients, and to improve the accuracy of the results obt...
متن کاملComparison of the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Population in Fecal Microbiome of Celiac Disease Patients on Gluten-Free Diet With Healthy Subjects
Aims Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune disease triggered by gluten and other environmental factors, such as intestinal microbiota in genetically predisposed persons. This study aimed to evaluate the composition of the target gut microbiota population in patients with CD and to compare it with healthy individuals. Methods & Materials In this case-control study, Bifidobacterium and Lac...
متن کاملEvaluation of incidence of intestinal complications during radiation therapy in two supine and prone positions in patients with rectal cancer
Introduction: Radiation therapy is one of the main treatments for rectal cancer. In three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, exposure of healthy tissue around the tumor is unavoidable. The small intestine is the most important organ at risk of rectal cancer radiotherapy. Intestinal complications are a major factor limiting the dose radiotherapy for rectal cancer. The most com...
متن کاملThe oral mucosal microbiome in children with Crohn’s disease exhibits reduced biodiversity compared to healthy children, revealed by 16s profiling
The oral microbiome was examined in a cohort of treatment naïve children diagnosed with Crohn’s disease (n=27, CD) or ulcerative colitis (n=6, UC). A cohort of 28 children were grouped as a healthy control (HC) group. Bacterial DNA was extracted from tongue and buccal swabs and the V1-V2 region of the 16s gene was amplified and sequenced using the MiSeq. Sequences were analysed with the Mothur ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 131 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018