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Table 2 Culture analysis of fecal and colonic mucosal samples from D-IBS patients and healthy controls.

From: Luminal and mucosal-associated intestinal microbiota in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

 

Aerobic*

Anaerobic*

Clostridium spp.*

Bacteroides spp.*

Lactobacillus spp.*

Bifidobacterium spp.*

E. coli*

Fecal samples:

       

D-IBS patients

1.4 × 107

6.2 × 109

2.0 × 109

8.6 × 108

8.7 × 105

1.1 × 109

7.4 × 106

Healthy controls

8.4 × 108

3.1 × 109

6.0 × 108

3.5 × 108

8.7 × 107

6.4 × 108

1.4 × 108

P value¥

0.002

0.14

0.11

0.07

0.08

0.43

0.13

Mucosal samples:

       

D-IBS patients

2.2 × 106

9.3 × 106

9.7 × 105

4.6 × 106

-§

1.3 × 106

1.1 × 106

Healthy controls

4.8 × 105

6.5 × 106

1.9 × 106

1.4 × 106

-§

5.9 × 105

7.5 × 103

P value¥

0.96

0.85

0.36

0.78

-

0.68

0.44

  1. *Concentrations expressed in CFUs/g of sample.
  2. § Below detection levels.
  3. ¥ P value calculated using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test.
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