Gut microbiota and its diet-related activity in children with intestinal failure receiving long-term parenteral nutrition.
Esther G NeelisBarbara A E de KoningJessie M HulstRodanthi PapadopoulouCaroline KerbiriouEdmond H H M RingsRené M H WijnenBen NicholsKonstantinos GerasimidisPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2021)
Microbiota composition and its diet-related function are altered in IF, with depletion of beneficial SCFAs and species and supraphysiological increase of potentially harmful pathobionts. The influence of this compositional and functional microbial dysbiosis on patients' outcomes and management warrants further exploration.