Critically ill patients demonstrate large interpersonal variation in intestinal microbiota dysregulation: a pilot study.
Jacqueline M LankelmaLonneke A van VughtClara BelzerMarcus J SchultzTom van der PollWillem M de VosW Joost WiersingaPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2016)
We observed highly heterogeneous patterns of intestinal microbiota in both septic and non-septic critically ill patients. Nevertheless, some general patterns were observed, including disappearance of bacterial genera with important functions in host metabolism. More detailed knowledge of the short- and long-term health consequences of these major shifts in intestinal bacterial communities is needed.