Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome in Children with Hirschsprung Disease with and without a History of Enterocolitis: A Multicenter Study.

Development of potentially life-threatening enterocolitis is the most frequent complication in children with Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), even after definitive corrective surgery. Intestinal microbiota likely contribute to the etiology of enterocolitis, so the aim of this study was to compare the fe...

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Main Authors: Philip K Frykman, Agneta Nordenskjöld, Akemi Kawaguchi, Thomas T Hui, Anna L Granström, Zhi Cheng, Jie Tang, David M Underhill, Iliyan Iliev, Vince A Funari, Tomas Wester, HAEC Collaborative Research Group (HCRG)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4409062?pdf=render