Reproducibility of assessing fecal microbiota in chronic constipation.
G ParthasarathyJ ChenN ChiaH M O'ConnorH R GaskinsAdil E BharuchaPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)
The intraindividual reproducibility of fecal microbiota in constipated patients is high and comparable to healthy participants. For most purposes, evaluating the fecal microbiota in a single stool sample should generally suffice in adequately powered studies of healthy and constipated patients.