Journal article
Starving the Gut: A Deficit of Butyrate in the Intestinal Ecosystem of Children With Intestinal Failure
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intestinal epithelial integrity is influenced by short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and is of critical importance for children with intestinal failure (IF) given the known devastating infectious and gastrointestinal complications. The composition of the microbiome in IF represents an important variable in the physiology and prognosis of this disease.
AIM: We sought to compare the intestinal microbiome and SCFA concentration of children …
Authors
Dowhaniuk JK; Szamosi J; Chorlton S; Owens J; Mileski H; Clause R; Pernica JM; Bowdish DME; Surette MG; Ratcliffe EM
Journal
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 1112–1123
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 2020
DOI
10.1002/jpen.1715
ISSN
0148-6071