Patients infected with Mycobacterium africanum versus Mycobacterium tuberculosis possess distinct intestinal microbiota.

Sivaranjani NamasivayamBassirou DiarraSeydou DiabateYeya Dit Sadio SarroAmadou KoneBourahima KoneMohamed TolofoudieBocar BayaMahamane T DiakiteOusmane KodioKeira CohenJane L HollChad J AchenbachSoumya ChatterjeeRobert Leo MurphyWilliam BishaiSouleymane DialloAlan SherMamoudou Maiga

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)

Our findings indicate that MAF and MTB have distinct associations with the gut microbiome that may be reflective of the differential susceptibility of West Africans to these two co-endemic infections either as biomarkers or as a contributing determinant.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
pulmonary tuberculosis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
patient reported