Microbiome Profiling of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Carriers Highlights Signature Differences between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Individuals
Ellen E. Higginson, Md. Abu Sayeed, Joana Pereira Dias, Vignesh Shetty, Mamatha Ballal, Sunil Kumar Srivastava, Ian M. Willis, Firdausi Qadri, Gordon Dougan, Ankur Mutreja
Abstract
such as Salmonella and Klebsiella, and a higher burden of antimicrobial resistance genes in their guts. Healthy children, in contrast, had higher levels of bifidobacteria. These data confirm that the composition of the gut microbiome is different between symptomatic and asymptomatic people and provides important preliminary information on the impact of the gut microbiome in intestinal infections.
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coliMicrobiologyMicrobiomeBiologyDiarrheaImmunologyEscherichia coliMedicineGeneticsInternal medicineEnterotoxinGeneGut microbiota and healthEscherichia coli research studiesChild Nutrition and Water Access