Identification of an Intestinal Microbiota Signature Associated With Severity of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Tap, Julien; Derrien, Muriel; Törnblom, Hans; Brazeilles, Rémi; Cools-Portier, Stéphanie; Doré, Joël; Störsrud, Stine; Le Nevé, Boris; Öhman, Lena; Simrén, Magnus

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2016.09.049

Identification of an Intestinal Microbiota Signature Associated With Severity of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

BACKGROUND & AIMS We have limited knowledge about the association between the composition of the intestinal microbiota and clinical features of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We collected information on the fecal and mucosa-associated microbiota of patients with IBS and evaluated whether these w…