Higher prevalence of Bacteroides fragilis in Crohn's disease exacerbations and strain-dependent increase of epithelial resistance
H. E. F. Becker, C. Jamin, L. Bervoets, P. Xu, M. J. Pierik, F. R. M. Stassen, P. H. M. Savelkoul, J. Penders, D. M. A. E. Jonkers
This study finds higher Bacteroides fragilis prevalence in Crohn's disease exacerbations and shows that bft-positive strains increase intestinal epithelial resistance.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2020Microbiology