Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota in children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities receiving enteral nutrition: A pilot study.
Yoko NakaiShohei AkagawaSadayuki FujishiroYuko AkagawaMitsuru YamagishiSohsaku YamanouchiTakahisa KimataAtsushi OhashiMasaki HashiyadaAtsushi AkaneKazunari KanekoKazunari KanekoPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2022)
Children with SMIDs showed dysbiosis with alteration in the microbial diversity, which could partly be attributed to their low dietary fiber intake. Further studies, with the intervention of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics, are warranted to improve dysbiosis in children with SMIDs.