… Many infectious agents (viral, bacterial or parasitic agents; Table 2) have been suspected
in IBD etiology but the strongest evidence comes from studies pointing to the role of bacteria. …

… disease. This practical, evidence-based review examines probiotics as therapy for inflammatory
bowel disease in … role of bacteria, and the mechanisms of action of probiotics in pouchitis …

… that the intestinal microflora have a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
(… in clinical practice and imply an important role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of pouchitis. …

… Inflammatory bowel disorders are … with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These data
suggest that the balance between aggressive and protective bacteria is altered in these disorders […

… inflammatory bowel disease: a crosstalk between upper and lower digestive tract. Cell death
& disease. … pylori infection and inflammatory bowel disease based on meta-analysis. United …

… intestinal inflammation and development of colonic neoplasia (ie, using models of human
inflammatory bowel disease and … tool to study the role of bacteria in intestinal carcinogenesis. …

… current accumulating literature on the proposed role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of CD. …
current accumulating literature on the proposed role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of CD. …

… increase in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the … Both Crohn’s disease
(CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) stem … Finally, the role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of IBD is …

… abnormal as a result rather than as a cause of the disease. Consequently IBS will not be
considered further, and in this review only the role of bacteria in CD and UC will be discussed. …

… Clues to the essential etiologic role of bacteria in inflammatory bowel disease are summarized
in Box 1. A simple observation is that IBD tends to occur in the areas of the intestine that …