Microbial Colonization of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus | Zendy

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Microbial Colonization of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus

Author(s) -

Sandra Macfarlane,

Elizabeth Furrie,

G.T. Macfarlane,

John Dillon

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/518578

Subject(s) - colonization , medicine , esophagus , gastrointestinal tract , gastroenterology , esophageal disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a complication of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease, in which patients are at greatly increased risk of esophageal dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. Over the past 2 decades, there has been an increase in the incidence of both BE and adenocarcinoma; however, the involvement of microorganisms in BE is uncertain. The aim of this study was to characterize microbial communities in esophageal aspirate specimens and on distal esophageal mucosal samples from patients with BE.

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