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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Are pathogenic intestinal bacteria present in stool specimens from patients with chronic heart failure?
Juan SanchisDavid NavarroDixie HuntleySilvia RodríguezJulio NúñezEstela GiménezAnna MollarJavier Buesasubject
MaleMicrobiology (medical)SalmonellaMicrobiological culture030204 cardiovascular system & hematologymedicine.disease_causePolymerase Chain Reactionlaw.inventionMicrobiologyFeces03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineEnterobacteriaceaelawmedicineHumansShigella030212 general & internal medicineYersinia enterocoliticaPolymerase chain reactionAgedAged 80 and overHeart FailureBacteriological Techniquesbiologybusiness.industryCampylobacterCampylobacterGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationGastrointestinal MicrobiomeInfectious DiseasesHeart failureChronic DiseaseFemaleIntestinal bacteriabusinessdescription
It has been reported that patients with chronic heart failure exhibit an intestinal overgrowth of primary gut bacterial pathogens, such as Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., and Yersinia enterocolitica. We failed to reproduce these findings in a cohort of 39 patients admitted to the hospital with decompensated heart failure by means of conventional stool bacterial cultures and a multiplexed polymerase chain reaction assay.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2018-06-01 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |