Detection of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in patients with ulcerative colitis

Abstract Purpose Ulcerative colitis (UC) as a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), presumed to occur as a consequence of increased immune responses to intestinal microbiota in genetically susceptible individuals. Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) strains are important intestinal bacte...

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Main Authors: Samin Zamani, Sonia Hesam Shariati, Mohammad Reza Zali, Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, Akram Sarabi Asiabar, Saied Bokaie, Bizhan Nomanpour, Leonardo Antonio Sechi, Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
IBD
bft
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-017-0202-0