Fungal dysbiosis in cirrhosis

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OBJECTIVE: Cirrhotics have a high rate of infections, which are increasingly fungal or culture-negative in nature. While infected cirrhotics have bacterial dysbiosis, the role of fungi is unclear. We aimed to evaluate gut bacterial and fungal dysbiosis in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of outpatient and inpatient cirrhotics and prediction of hospitalisations.

METHODS: Cross-sectional: Age-matched controls, outpatients (with/without antibiotics) and hospitalised uninfected, culture-negative and culture-positive cirrhotics were included and followed for 90 days. Longitudinal: Three studies were conducted: (1) cirrhotics followed over 6 months, (2) outpatient cirrhotics administered antibiotics per standard of care for 5 days and (3) cirrhotics and controls administered omeprazole over 14 days. In all studies, stool bacterial/fungal profiles were analysed.

RESULTS: Cross-sectional: In 143 cirrhotics and 26 controls, bacterial and fungal diversities were significantly linked. Outpatients on antibiotics and patients with culture-positive infections had the lowest diversities. Bacterial and fungal correlations were complex in uninfected, outpatient and control groups but were markedly skewed in infected patients. 21% were admitted on 90-day follow-up. A lower Bacteroidetes/Ascomycota ratio was associated with lower hospitalisations. Longitudinal: Fungal and bacterial profiles were stable on follow-up (5 days and 6 months). After antibiotics, a significantly reduced bacterial and fungal diversity, higher Candida and lower autochthonous bacterial relative abundance were seen. After omeprazole, changes in bacterial diversity and composition were seen but fungal metrics remained stable.

CONCLUSION: There is a significant fungal dysbiosis in cirrhosis, which changes differentially with antibiotics and proton pump inhibitor use, but is otherwise stable over time. A combined bacterial-fungal dysbiosis metric, Bacteroidetes/Ascomycota ratio, can independently predict 90-day hospitalisations in patients with cirrhosis.

CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: NCT01458990.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Gut - 67(2018), 6 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 1146-1154

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bajaj, Jasmohan S [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Eric J [VerfasserIn]
Kheradman, Raffi [VerfasserIn]
Fagan, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Heuman, Douglas M [VerfasserIn]
White, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Gavis, Edith A [VerfasserIn]
Hylemon, Phillip [VerfasserIn]
Sikaroodi, Masoumeh [VerfasserIn]
Gillevet, Patrick M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
BACTERIAL INFECTION
CIRRHOSIS
Clinical Trial
ENTERIC BACTERIAL MICROFLORA
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Journal Article
KG60484QX9
Omeprazole
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 27.07.2018

Date Revised 01.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01458990

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313170

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272586579