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Vester-Andersen MK, Mirsepasi-Lauridsen HC, Prosberg MV, Mortensen CO, Träger C, Skovsen K, Thorkilgaard T, Nøjgaard C, Vind I, Krogfelt KA, Sørensen N, Bendtsen F, Petersen AM. Increased abundance of proteobacteria in aggressive Crohn's disease seven years after diagnosis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13473. [PMID: 31530835 PMCID: PMC6748953 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49833-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Intestinal dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients depend on disease activity. We aimed to characterize the microbiota after 7 years of follow-up in an unselected cohort of IBD patients according to disease activity and disease severity. Fifty eight Crohn’s disease (CD) and 82 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients were included. Disease activity was assessed by the Harvey-Bradshaw Index for CD and Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index for UC. Microbiota diversity was assessed by 16S rDNA MiSeq sequencing. In UC patients with active disease and in CD patients with aggressive disease the richness (number of OTUs, p = 0.018 and p = 0.013, respectively) and diversity (Shannons index, p = 0.017 and p = 0.023, respectively) were significantly decreased. In the active UC group there was a significant decrease in abundance of the phylum Firmicutes (p = 0.018). The same was found in CD patients with aggressive disease (p = 0.05) while the abundance of Proteobacteria phylum showed a significant increase (p = 0.03) in CD patients. We found a change in the microbial abundance in UC patients with active disease and in CD patients with aggressive disease. These results suggest that dysbiosis of the gut in IBD patients is not only related to current activity but also to the course of the disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- M K Vester-Andersen
- Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark. .,Department of Internal medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.
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- Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
| | - K Skovsen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Virus and Microbial Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical-Microbiomics, Ole Maaløesvej 3, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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