Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is defined as an increase in the bacterial
content of the small intestine above normal values. The presence of SIBO is detected in …

Early childhood growth deficits have been shown to have lifelong health and economic
impacts, yet their connection to one of their underlying causes, diarrheal diseases, has …

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is an inflammatory syndrome postulated to
contribute to stunted child growth and to be associated with intestinal dysbiosis and nutrient …

The gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium plays a major role in nutrient absorption, barrier
formation, and innate immunity. The development of organoid-based methodology has …

Background There is little information on the epidemiology of enteric pathogens in Lebanon,
a low-and middle-income country that suffers from a myriad of public health challenges. To …

Shigella represents a paraphyletic group of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. More than 40
Shigella serotypes have been reported. However, most cases within the men who have sex …

The number of research papers published on the involvement of the oral microbiota in
systemic diseases has grown exponentially over the last 4 years clearly demonstrating the …

Clostridioides difficile (formerly called Clostridium difficile, C. difficile) infection (CDI) is listed
as an urgent threat on the 2019 antibiotic resistance threats report in the United States by …

Background Diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of childhood illness and death globally,
and Shigella is a major aetiological contributor for which a vaccine might soon be available …

Frequent enteric infections in children may be an important cause of growth faltering;
however, we do not fully understand the mechanisms by which pathogen infections and the …