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  1. The targeted depletion of potential gut pathogens is often challenging because of their intrinsic ability to thrive in harsh gut environments. Earlier, we showed that Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) exclusively ...

    Authors: Subhadeep Gupta, Prakash Biswas, Bishnu Das, Samiran Mondal, Parna Gupta, Dipjyoti Das and Amirul Islam Mallick
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:38
  2. In gut ecosystems, there is a complex interplay of biotic and abiotic interactions that decide the overall fitness of an individual. Divulging the microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions may lead to bett...

    Authors: Hajra Ashraf, Plamena Dikarlo, Aurora Masia, Ignazio R. Zarbo, Paolo Solla, Umer Zeeshan Ijaz and Leonardo A. Sechi
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:37
  3. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) causes acute infantile diarrhea accounting for significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. EPEC uses a type three secretion system to translocate more than twenty ...

    Authors: Imran Ansari, Anupam Mandal, Kritika Kansal, Pangertoshi Walling, Sumbul Khan and Saima Aijaz
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:36
  4. It has recently been proposed that the study of microbial dynamics in humans may gain insights from island biogeographical theory. Here, we test whether the diversity of the intratumoral microbiota of colorect...

    Authors: Nikolas Dovrolis, Maria Gazouli, François Rigal, Robert J. Whittaker, Thomas J. Matthews, Konstantinos Georgiou, George Theodoropoulos and Kostas A. Triantis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:34
  5. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are crucial in cancer treatment; however, they carry the risk of immune-related adverse events (irAEs), such as enteritis. Case presentation: This study investigated the rol...

    Authors: Yuki Hirata, Yoshiki Tanaka, Haruka Yokota, Hiroshi Ohno, Koji Nishida, Hikaru Shimizu, Noboru Mizuta, Kei Nakazawa, Ryoji Koshiba, Kazuki Kakimoto, Takako Miyazaki, Shiro Nakamura and Hiroki Nishikawa
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:33
  6. Clostridium perfringens is an opportunistic bacterium that causes intestinal diseases in both humans and animals. This study aimed to assess the frequency of C. perfringens and the presence of toxin-encoding gene...

    Authors: Anny Camargo, Laura Bohorquez, Diana Paola López, Atilio Ferrebuz-Cardozo, José Castellanos-Rozo, Javier Díaz-Ovalle, Mariana Rada, Milena Camargo, Juan David Ramírez and Marina Muñoz
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:32
  7. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasingly recognized as a significant health issue. Emerging research has focused on the role of the gut microbiota in NAFLD, emphasizing the gut-liver axis. This...

    Authors: Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Samer O. Alalalmeh, Omar E. Hegazi, Muna Shakhshir, Faris Abushamma and Samah W. Al-Jabi
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:31
  8. Campylobacter (C.) jejuni is one of the most important bacterial foodborne pathogens worldwide. Probiotics such as Lactobacillus or Bacillus species are considered one option for reducing the colonization rate an...

    Authors: Thomas Willer, Zifeng Han, Colin Pielsticker and Silke Rautenschlein
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:30
  9. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites (GIP) in the rural community of West Ismailia and its associated risk factors. Human infection by GIP is natural and expected. There a...

    Authors: Shahira Abdelaziz Ali Ahmed, Samar Farag Mohamed, Heba Sayed El-Mahallawy, Annalisa Quattrocchi and Panagiotis Karanis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:29
  10. Intussusception, a common cause of abdominal pain in children, often lacks clear underlying causes and is mostly idiopathic. Recurrence, though rare, raises clinical concerns, with rates escalating after each ...

    Authors: Kuan-Chieh Wang, Chun-Hao Chu, Che-Ming Chiang, Fu-Ruei Zeng, Ching-Wen Huang and Chien-Ming Lin
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:28
  11. Enhancing our understanding of the underlying influences of medical interventions on the microbiome, resistome and mycobiome of preterm born infants holds significant potential for advancing infection preventi...

    Authors: Elizabeth Y. Yuu, Christoph Bührer, Tim Eckmanns, Marcus Fulde, Michaela Herz, Oliver Kurzai, Christin Lindstedt, Gianni Panagiotou, Vitor C. Piro, Aleksandar Radonic, Bernhard Y. Renard, Annicka Reuss, Sara Leal Siliceo, Nadja Thielemann, Andrea Thürmer, Kira van Vorst…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:27
  12. Bile reflux (BR) can influence the gastric environment by altering gastric acidity and possibly the gastric microbiota composition. This study investigated the correlation between bile acids and microbial comp...

    Authors: Yong Sung Kim, Tatsuya Unno, Seon-Young Park, Jin Ook Chung, Yoo-Duk Choi, Su-Mi Lee, Seong Hyun Cho, Dong Hyun Kim, Hyun-Soo Kim and Young Do Jung
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:26
  13. Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the development of pigmented spots, gastrointestinal polyps and increased susceptibility to cancers. Currently, most studies have invest...

    Authors: Sui Wang, Guan-Jun Kou, Xiao-Han Zhao, Gang Huang, Jue-Xin Wang, Lin Tian, Xiu-Li Zuo, Yan-Qing Li, Jia-Yong Wang and Yan-Bo Yu
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:25
  14. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been reported to be associated with multiple metabolic diseases. However, the connection between H. pylori infection and gout has not been explored previously. Our st...

    Authors: Lin Chen, Yue Zhu, Yilin Huang, Keqing Shen and Liying Chen
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:24
  15. Dyspepsia is a common gastrointestinal illness sometimes associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Screening and eradicating the bacterium reduces the risk of infection-related complications. The...

    Authors: Sintayehu Fekadu, Seyife Kibru, Sisay Tesfaye, Tariku Egeno, Alemu Tamiso, Hizkel Engiso and Serawit Deyno
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:23
  16. Malnourished children are at higher risk of mortality and morbidity following diarrheal illness and certain enteropathogens have been associated with malnutrition in children. Very few studies have comprehensi...

    Authors: Tintu Varghese, James A. Platts Mills, R. Revathi, Sebastien Antoni, Heidi M. Soeters, Tondo Opute Emmanuel Njambe, Eric R. Houpt, Jacqueline E. Tate, Umesh D. Parashar and Gagandeep Kang
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:22
  17. During the last decade, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has detrimental consequences on swine industry, due to severe outbreaks especially in the suckling piglets. In March 2013, an outbreak was reported on a ...

    Authors: Mudassar Mohiuddin, Shengchao Deng, Lisai Zhu, Guiping Wang and Aiqing Jia
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:21
  18. Intestinal botulism is primarily reported in small babies as a condition known as infant botulism. The condition results from the ingestion of environmental or foodborne spores of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) p...

    Authors: François P. Douillard, Yağmur Derman, Ching Jian, Katri Korpela, Harri Saxén, Anne Salonen, Willem M. de Vos, Hannu Korkeala and Miia Lindström
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:20
  19. Blastocystis sp. is one of the most frequently detected protozoa during stool specimen examination. In the last decade, the studies about the pathogenic potential of Blastocystis sp. have intensified. Additionall...

    Authors: Karolina Kot, Adam Michaliszyn, Elżbieta Kalisińska and Małgorzata Lepczyńska
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:19
  20. The neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio (NPAR) is a novel measure of systemic inflammation and infection. Low albumin levels increase the risk of infection, while high neutrophil counts indicate the presenc...

    Authors: Nasser Mousa, Mohamed salah, Sherif Elbaz, Alaa Elmetwalli, Amr Elhammady, Eman Abdelkader, Mostafa Abdelsalam, Niveen El-wakeel, Marwa Mansour, Manal Hashem, Ola El-Emam, Wesam Elderiny, Mohammed Abdelaziz, Ayman Elgamal and Alaa Habib
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:18
  21. The increasing global concern regarding antibiotic resistance necessitates in-depth studies to comprehend the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of resistant bacterial strains. This study aimed to invest...

    Authors: Babak Pourakbari, Setareh Mamishi, Shiva Poormohammadi, Reihaneh Hosseinpour Sadeghi and Shima Mahmoudi
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:17
  22. Despite extensive research on microbiome alterations in ulcerative colitis (UC), the role of the constituent stable microbiota remains unclear.

    Authors: Ruta Inciuraite, Rolandas Gedgaudas, Rokas Lukosevicius, Deimante Tilinde, Rima Ramonaite, Alexander Link, Neringa Kasetiene, Mindaugas Malakauskas, Gediminas Kiudelis, Laimas Virginijus Jonaitis, Juozas Kupcinskas, Simonas Juzenas and Jurgita Skieceviciene
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:16
  23. Authors: Sama Rezasoltani, Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha, Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, Seyedesomayeh Jasemi, Leonardo Antonio Sechi, Maria Gazouli, Amir Sadeghi, Shirin Torkashvand, Reyhaneh Baniali, Hartmut Schlüter, Mohammad Reza Zali and Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:15

    The original article was published in Gut Pathogens 2024 16:9

  24. The pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) involves infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the meninges and brain. However, recent studies have shown that the immune response and inflammatory processes ...

    Authors: Simon Isaiah, Du Toit Loots, A. Marceline Tutu van Furth, Elmarie Davoren, Sabine van Elsland, Regan Solomons, Martijn van der Kuip and Shayne Mason
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:14
  25. The gut microbiota is associated with risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), a chronic disease for which racial disparities persist with Black Americans having a higher risk of CRC incidence and mortality compared ...

    Authors: Tiffany L. Carson, Doratha A. Byrd, Kristen S. Smith, Daniel Carter, Maria Gomez, Michael Abaskaron, Rebecca B. Little, Sh’Nese Townsend Holmes, William J. van Der Pol, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Casey D. Morrow and Andrew D. Fruge
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:13
  26. Extraintestinal urinary tract infections are mainly caused by uropathogenic strains of E. coli. UPECs are a heterogeneous group of strains possessing various genes associated with virulence traits. It was demonst...

    Authors: Anna B. Kubiak-Szeligowska, Marta Majchrzak and Pawel Parniewski
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:11
  27. Microbiome restitution therapies are being developed to prevent gut pathogen colonization among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and in other select populations. If preventive therapies are to be effe...

    Authors: Loren Shamalov, Madison Heath, Elissa Lynch, Daniel A. Green, Angela Gomez-Simmonds and Daniel E. Freedberg
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:10
  28. Colorectal cancer (CRC) poses a significant healthcare challenge, accounting for nearly 6.1% of global cancer cases. Early detection, facilitated by population screening utilizing innovative biomarkers, is piv...

    Authors: Sama Rezasoltani, Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha, Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, Seyedesomayeh Jasemi, Leonardo Antonio Sechi, Maria Gazouli, Amir Sadeghi, Shirin Torkashvand, Reyhaneh Baniali, Hartmut Schlüter, Mohammad Reza Zali and Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:9

    The Correction to this article has been published in Gut Pathogens 2024 16:15

  29. The impact of the gut microbiota on neuropsychiatric disorders has gained much attention in recent years; however, comprehensive data on the relationship between the gut microbiome and its metabolites and resi...

    Authors: Juntaro Matsuzaki, Shunya Kurokawa, Chiaki Iwamoto, Katsuma Miyaho, Akihiro Takamiya, Chiharu Ishii, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Kenji Sanada, Shinji Fukuda, Masaru Mimura, Taishiro Kishimoto and Yoshimasa Saito
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:8
  30. Patients with mental disorders have a high risk of intestinal parasitic infection due to poor hygiene practices. Hence, to better clarify this overlooked phenomenon, the current study is conducted to determine...

    Authors: Amir Abdoli, Meysam Olfatifar, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Zeinab Moghadamizad, Rasoul Samimi, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Amir Sam Kianimoghadam, Milad Badri and Panagiotis Karanis
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:7
  31. Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) is isolated from patients with Crohn’s disease (CD). AIEC can invade the intestinal epithelium, suggesting that it is involved in the development and pathogenesis of CD. ...

    Authors: Rika Tanaka, Jin Imai, Eiji Sugiyama, Shogo Tsubaki, Katsuto Hozumi and Hitoshi Tsugawa
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:6
  32. Pakistan is a multi-ethnic society where there is a disparity between dietary habits, genetic composition, and environmental exposures. The microbial ecology of healthy Pakistani gut in the context of anthropo...

    Authors: Farzana Gul, Hilde Herrema, Mark Davids, Ciara Keating, Arshan Nasir, Umer Zeeshan Ijaz and Sundus Javed
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:5
  33. Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in adults. Various C. difficile strains circulate currently, associated with different outcomes and ant...

    Authors: Lise Hunault, Patrick England, Frédéric Barbut, Bruno Iannascoli, Ophélie Godon, François Déjardin, Christophe Thomas, Bruno Dupuy, Chunguang Guo, Lynn Macdonald, Guy Gorochov, Delphine Sterlin and Pierre Bruhns
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:4
  34. Worldwide, noroviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in people of all age groups. In India, norovirus rates between 1.4 to 44.4% have been reported. Only a very few complete norovirus ge...

    Authors: Mahadeb Lo, Yen Hai Doan, Suvrotoa Mitra, Ritubrita Saha, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Kei Kitahara, Shanta Dutta, Tomoichiro Oka and Mamta Chawla-Sarkar
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:3
  35. The non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to curb the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, substantial...

    Authors: Arnold W. Lambisia, Nickson Murunga, Martin Mutunga, Robinson Cheruiyot, Grace Maina, Timothy O. Makori, D. James Nokes and Charles N. Agoti
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:2
  36. Pyogenic Liver Abscesses (PLA) are the most common type of visceral abscess. They generally develop in a context of biliary disease or hematogenous seeding, but a complete diagnostic work-up is always required...

    Authors: Salvatore Chessa, Elena Belfiori, Giulia Mandis, Enrico Urru, Giovanna Manconi and Angelo Scuteri
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:1
  37. Critical illness and care within the intensive care unit (ICU) leads to profound changes in the composition of the gut microbiome. The impact of such changes on the patients and their subsequent disease course...

    Authors: Tarik J. Salameh, Katharine Roth, Lisa Schultz, Zhexi Ma, Anthony S. Bonavia, James R. Broach, Bin Hu and Judie A. Howrylak
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:66
  38. Eimeria genus belongs to the apicomplexan parasite phylum and is responsible for coccidiosis, an intestinal disease with a major economic impact on poultry production. Eimeria tenella is one of the most virulent ...

    Authors: F. Tomal, A. Sausset, Y. Le Vern, L. Sedano, C. Techer, S. Lacroix-Lamandé, F. Laurent, A. Silvestre and F. I. Bussière
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:65
  39. In this study, four antimicrobial growth promoters, including virginiamycin, josamycin, flavophospholipol, poly 2-propenal 2-propenoic acid and ultraviolet light, were tested for their capacity to induce stx-bact...

    Authors: Nomonde F. N. Ngoma, Mogaugedi N. Malahlela, Munyaradzi C. Marufu, Beniamino T. Cenci-Goga, Luca Grispoldi, Eric Etter, Alan Kalake and Musafiri Karama
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:64
  40. Arcobacter species are considered emerging foodborne pathogens that can potentially cause serious infections in animals and humans. This cross-sectional study determined the frequency of potentially pathogenic Ar...

    Authors: Ellis Kobina Paintsil, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Andreas E. Zautner, Joyce Mbwana, Neyaz Ahmed Khan, John P. A. Lusingu, Joseph Kaseka, Daniel T. R. Minja, Samwel Gesase, Anna Jaeger, Maike Lamshöft, Jürgen May, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Ralf Krumkamp and Denise Dekker
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:63
  41. High-altitude exposure can cause oxidative stress damage in the intestine, which leads to increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation, resulting in local and systemic inflammation. Control of...

    Authors: Qinfang Zhu, Ying Han, Xiaozhou Wang, Ruhan Jia, Jingxuan Zhang, Meiheng Liu and Wei Zhang
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:62
  42. Authors: Keqiang Chen, John McCulloch, Rodrigo Das Neves, Gisele Rodrigues, Wang-Ting Hsieh, Wanghua Gong, Teizo Yoshimura, Jiaqiang Huang, Colm O’hUigin, Simone Diflippantonio, Matthew McCollum, Georgette Jones, Scott K. Durum, Giorgio Trinchieri and Ji Ming Wang
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:60

    The original article was published in Gut Pathogens 2023 15:28

  43. Acute cholangitis is a severe, life-threatening infection of the biliary system that requires early diagnosis and treatment. The Tokyo Guidelines recommend a combination of clinical, laboratory, and imaging fi...

    Authors: Ryo Nishiwaki, Ichiro Imoto, Satoko Oka, Taro Yasuma, Hajime Fujimoto, Corina N. D’Alessandro-Gabazza, Masaaki Toda, Tetsu Kobayashi, Hataji Osamu, Kodai Fujibe, Kenichiro Nishikawa, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Natsuko Sugimasa, Midori Noji, Yoshiyuki Ito, Kenji Takeuchi…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:59
  44. We report a 36-year-old male patient died of V. vulnificus-induced septicaemia and multiple organ failure syndrome after oyster consumption at a restaurant. We isolated and identified V. vulnificus vv16015 from t...

    Authors: Shiqin Xu, Jinsong Wu, Ying Jin, Liyin Ji, Xuan Zou, Qinghua Hu, Tiejian Feng, Shuang Wu, Yixiang Jiang, Qiongcheng Chen, Huiqun Lu, Shuxiang Qiu, Huaisheng Chen, Min Jiang, Rui Cai, Yaqun Qiu…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:57
  45. Gut infections of chickens caused by Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum are associated with impaired host performance, particularly in high-performing genotypes. Heterakis gallinarum is also a vector of His...

    Authors: Oyekunle John Oladosu, Banny Silva Barbosa Correia, Beatrice Grafl, Dieter Liebhart, Cornelia C. Metges, Hanne Christine Bertram and Gürbüz Daş
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:56
  46. Gut dysbiosis contributes to the high risk of bloodstream infection (BSI) among premature infants. Most prior studies of the premature infant gut microbiota were conducted in Western countries and prior to dev...

    Authors: Sarah M. Heston, Charis Shu En Lim, Chengsi Ong, Mei Chien Chua, Matthew S. Kelly and Kee Thai Yeo
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2023 15:55