Leveraging Human Microbiome Features to Diagnose and Stratify Children with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Accurate diagnosis and stratification of children with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remain challenging. Given the central role of recurrent abdominal pain in IBS, we evaluated the relationships of pediatric IBS and abdominal pain with intestinal microbes and fecal metabolites using a comprehensive clinical characterization and multiomics strategy. Using rigorous clinical phenotyping, we identified preadolescent children (aged 7 to 12 years) with Rome III IBS (n = 23) and healthy controls (n = 22) and characterized their fecal microbial communities using whole-genome shotgun metagenomics and global unbiased fecal metabolomic profiling.

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Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - April 16, 2019 Category: Pathology Authors: Emily B. Hollister, Numan Oezguen, Bruno P. Chumpitazi, Ruth Ann Luna, Erica M. Weidler, Michelle Rubio-Gonzales, Mahmoud Dahdouli, Julia L. Cope, Toni-Ann Mistretta, Sabeen Raza, Ginger A. Metcalf, Donna M. Muzny, Richard A. Gibbs, Joseph F. Petrosino, M Tags: Regular articles Source Type: research