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and exotoxin 9 levels in paediatric patients with Crohn’s disease and their association with the intestinal microbiota Free

Abstract

There is mounting evidence for a possible role for in Crohn’s disease (CD). However, the pathogenic potential of remains disputed due to its presence in healthy subjects. It is documented that genetic diversity exists within this species, with some strains possessing putative virulence determinants such as exotoxin 9/DnaI that may enable them to persist intracellularly in host cells. In order to clarify this, we employed real-time PCR to determine and exotoxin 9 levels within faecal samples of CD patients and healthy controls, and correlated these levels with abundances of microbial taxa identified in a subset of subjects. Both and exotoxin 9 levels were found to be higher in CD patients than healthy controls, suggesting not only that CD patients had a greater abundance of but also that their strains were likely to be more virulent. Moreover, levels correlated with the exotoxin 9 levels in CD patients but not in healthy controls, indicating that healthy controls were colonized by non-virulent strains. Correlations with the intestinal microbiota found levels to correlate with , and , while exotoxin 9 levels correlated with , , and . This suggests that either the composition of the intestinal microbial flora has the ability to influence levels of both virulent and non-virulent strains, or infection with may modulate the levels of specific bacterial taxa within the gastrointestinal tract.

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2024-04-19
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Campylobacter concisus and exotoxin 9 levels in paediatric patients with Crohn’s disease and their association with the intestinal microbiota
J. Med. Microbiol. 63, 99 (2014); https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.067231-0
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