Background Limited studies have examined the intestinal microbiota composition in relation
to changes in disease course of IBD over time. We aimed to study prospectively the fecal …

Background Abnormalities have been described in the fecal microbiota of patients with IBD,
but it is not known whether they are specific for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or to some …

Background Microbial shifts have been associated with disease activity in Crohn's disease
[CD], but findings on specific taxa are inconsistent. This may be due to differences in applied …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory disorder which
comprises two main conditions: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Although …

Background Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis is a
powerful tool to assess the diversity of a microbial community. In this study, we performed T …

Background Clinical observations and experimental colitis models have indicated the
importance of intestinal bacteria in the etiology of ulcerative colitis (UC), but a causative …

Background The mucosa-associated microbiota, being very close to the inflammatory
process associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), may have a pathogenic role. We …

Background Bacteria might play a role in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD), and
patients harbor a different type and density of gut microbiota compared with normal healthy …

Our knowledge about the microbiota associated with the onset of IBD is limited. The aim of
our study was to investigate the correlation between IBD and the fecal microbiota for early …

The role of intestinal bacterial microbiota has been described as key in the pathophysiology
of Crohn's disease (CD). CD is characterized by frequent relapses after periods of remission …