Open AccessCharacterisation of blood microbiota in patients with liver cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Mikio Kajihara,
Shigeo Koido,
Tomoya Kanai,
Zensho Ito,
Yoshihiro Matsumoto,
Kazuki Takakura,
Masayuki Saruta,
Koichi Kato,
Toshitaka Odamaki,
Jinzhong Xiao,
Nobuhiro Sato,
Toshifumi Ohkusa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.881
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1473-5687
pISSN - 0954-691X
DOI - 10.1097/meg.0000000000001494
Subject(s) - akkermansia , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , cirrhosis , dysbiosis , gastroenterology , medicine , biology , hepatic encephalopathy , 16s ribosomal rna , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , gut flora , bacteria , bacteroides , genetics
Bacterial infections arising in patients with liver cirrhosis are associated with life-threatening complications such as hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in relation to bacterial translocation. To investigate the state of bacterial translocation, we surveyed the peripheral blood microbiota by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analysed the blood microbial profiles.