Emidio Scarpellini, Martina Basilico, Emanuele Rinninella, Florencia Carbone, Jolien Schol, Carlo Rasetti, Ludovico Abenavoli, Pierangelo Santori
Gut microbiota is a complex ecosystem of bacteria, viruses, archea, protozoa and yeasts in our intestine. It has several functions which maintain human body equilibrium. Microbial "dysbiosis" can be responsible for several gastrointestinal diseases. To build a narrative review we performed a Pubmed, Medline, Embase search for English language papers, reviews, meta-analyses, case series, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) by keywords and their associations. Gut microbiota is altered in several gastrointestinal diseases with very different pathophysiology...
December 2021: Minerva gastroenterology