Prevalence of the pathobiont adherent-invasive Escherichia coli and inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Banafsheh NadalianAbbas YadegarHamidreza HouriMeysam OlfatifarShabnam ShahrokhHamid Asadzadeh AghdaeiHidekazu SuzukiMohammad Reza ZaliPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2020)
There is a substantial increase in the prevalence of AIEC in IBD patients compared with controls. This review supports the growing evidence that AIEC could be involved in both CD and UC pathogenesis.