Gastrointestinal pathogen colonization and the microbiome in asymptomatic kidney transplant recipients.

Lars F WestbladeMichael J SatlinShady AlbakryBrittany BotticelliAmy RobertsonTricia AlstonMatthew MagruderLisa T ZhangEmmanuel EduseiKevin ChanMichelle LubetzkyDarshana M DadhaniaEric G PamerManikkam SuthanthiranJohn Richard Lee

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)

Colonization with GI pathogens, particularly C difficile, is common at the time of kidney transplantation but does not predict subsequent diarrhea. Detection of C difficile carriage was associated with decreased microbial diversity and may be a biomarker of gut dysbiosis.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
clostridium difficile
microbial community
gram negative
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
real time pcr
antimicrobial resistance
irritable bowel syndrome
multidrug resistant