Black Seed Oil, Bentonite Clay, and Probiotics: A Comprehensive Holistic Cure for Clostridium difficile Infection in a 2-Year-Old Female Child by Emily Littman, Nicole Winningham, Tana B. Carson, Ivette M. Hidalgo

“…Oral antibiotics are used to treat C. difficile, which further disrupts the intestinal flora resulting in unwanted side effects. …”
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Visualization of microbial biofilms in case of digestive disorders in lambs by E. M. Lenchenko, N. P. Sachivkina, D. A. Blumenkrants, A. Yu. Arsenyuk

“…Changes of quantitative and species composition of the intestinal microbiocenoses in the lambs with digestive disorders were compared with the ones of the clinically healthy lambs. …”
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How many do we need? Meeting the challenges of studying the microbiome of a cryptic insect in an orchard by Apolline Maurin, Audrey-Anne Durand, Claude Guertin, Philippe Constant

“…For each tree, 2, 3 and 4 insects were selected, their intestinal tract dissected, and the microbiome sequenced. …”
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Pathology Survey on a Captive-Bred Colony of the Mexican Goodeid, Nearly Extinct in the Wild, Zoogoneticus tequila (Webb & Miller 1998) by Alessio Arbuatti, Leonardo Della Salda, Mariarita Romanucci

“…Encountered diseases included the following: 7 cases of scoliosis (2 males and 5 females); 2 fish with a similar congenital deviation of ocular axis; 1 adult male with left corneal opacity, presumably of traumatic origin; 1 female fish with a large subocular fluid-filled sac, histologically referable to a lymphatic cyst, similarly to the eye sacs of a Goldfish variety (Carassius auratus) called bubble eye; and 1 female fish with recurrent abdominal distension consequent to distal bowel dilation and thinning, associated with complete mucosal atrophy, and comparable to intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndromes described in humans and various animal species. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of early gastric cancer: experience of one center by Zbigniew K. Kula, Wojciech Zegarski, Wojciech Jóźwicki

“…Histopathological examination of both biopsy and postoperative material indicated 8 (50.0%) cases of intestinal-type adenocarcinoma, 7 (43.75%) cases of diffuse-type adenocarcinoma and 1 (6.25%) case of mixed-type adenocarcinoma. …”
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Global Autorecognition and Activation of Complement by Mannan-Binding Lectin in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes by Esben Axelgaard, Jakob Appel Østergaard, Saranda Haxha, Steffen Thiel, Troels Krarup Hansen

“…We observed that MBL accumulated in the heart, liver, brain, lung, pancreas, and intestines of diabetic mice. We furthermore detected increased systemic complement activation after administration of MBL, thus indicating MBL-mediated systemic complement activation in these animals. …”
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Abcesso hepático e Bacteriemia Causada por Desulfovibrio Desulfuricans by Tiago Guimarães Costa, Raquel Moura, Luís Rocha, Sara Pinto, Paula Ferreira

“…Desulfovibrio spp. are gram-negative, sulfate-reducing anaerobic bacteria that are typically found in the environment and can also be normal inhabitants of the oral cavity and intestinal tract. While liver abscesses are commonly caused by gram-negative bacilli, Desulfovibrio spp. are rarely reported as causative agents. …”
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An ingestible bioimpedance sensing device for wireless monitoring of epithelial barriers by Brian M. Holt, Justin M. Stine, Luke A. Beardslee, Hammed Ayansola, Younggeon Jin, Pankaj J. Pasricha, Reza Ghodssi

“…In this work, we develop a novel, noise-resilient Bluetooth-enabled ingestible device for the continuous, non-invasive measurement of intestinal mucosal “leakiness.” As a proof-of-concept, we validate wireless impedance readout on excised porcine tissues in motion. …”
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Modulation of virulence and metabolic profiles in Klebsiella pneumoniae under indole-mediated stress response by Xueyao Fang, Yanhui Chen, Longhua Hu, Shumin Gu, Junqi Zhu, Yaping Hang, Xingwei Cao, Yanping Xiao, Hong Luo, Chuwen Zhao, Lianhua Xiao, Qiaoshi Zhong

“…These findings collectively indicate that indole enhances the intestinal colonization and pathogenicity of K. pneumoniae primarily by modulation of fimbriae expression and metabolic pathway regulation.…”
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Brief review of pathophysiological disorders as consequence of psychological stress by Francisco López-Naranjo, Rebeca Córdova-Moreno, Ivo Heyerdahl-Viau

“…Gastrointestinal disorders are mainly due to goblet cell dysfunction, resulting in intestinal hyperpermeability, inflammation and infection. …”
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Failure of Colorectal Anastomosis: Risk Factors, Prevention, Diagnosis, Therapeutic Tactics by M. F. Cherkasov, A. V. Dmitriev, V. S. Groshilin, S. V. Pereskokov, M. A. Kozyrevskiy, A. A. Urupina

“…The analysed literature sources discuss a variety of risk factors, both preoperative and intraoperative, affecting the healing of the inter-intestinal anastomosis. In almost all studies, the height of the tumour and the anastomosis from the anus, preoperative radiotherapy and male sex are independent risk factors for the development of colorectal anastomotic leakage. …”
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Examination of the Anaerobic Growth of Campylobacter concisus Strains by Hoyul Lee, Rena Ma, Michael C. Grimm, Stephen M. Riordan, Ruiting Lan, Ling Zhong, Mark Raftery, Li Zhang

“…Campylobacter concisus is an oral bacterium that is associated with intestinal diseases. C. concisus was previously described as a bacterium that requires H2-enriched microaerobic conditions for growth. …”
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RETRACTED: Combined Effects of Potassium Perchlorate and a Neonicotinoid on Zebrafish Larvae (<em>Danio rerio</em>) by Davide Di Paola, Fabiano Capparucci, Sabrina Natale, Rosalia Crupi, Salvatore Cuzzocrea, Nunziacarla Spanò, Enrico Gugliandolo, Alessio Filippo Peritore

“…Morphological alteration, mucus production, messenger RNA (mRNA) expression related to intestinal function and oxidative stress were measured. …”
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Mitigation PFHxA-induced neurotoxicity in Carassius auratus brain cells by selenium-enriched Bacillus subtilis via the BDNF/PI3K/AKT/GSK-3β pathway by Yu-ting Lu, Zheng-yao Guo, Lei Guo, Yu-hua He, Li-ming Liu, Xue Jiao, Yue-hong Li

“…Our previous studies have shown that selenium-rich Bacillus subtilis can not only alleviate the cause of brain damage by perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) in Carassius auratus via the intestinal axis of the brain, but its metabolites can also alleviate PFHxA toxicity. …”
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About difficulties in the examination of the quality of medical care in the complicated course of the postoperative period after cystectomy by K. N. Movchan, K. E. Chernov, B. S. Artyushin, A. V. Zharkov, A. Yu. Chernova

“…Petersburg, all conditions have been created for the concentration of patients with severe diseases of the bladder in a number of specialized medical organizations, in which a large number of cystectomies with intestinal plastic are routinely performed annually, which makes it possible with a high probability to guarantee a favorable clinical outcome without discrediting method of the rarity of its implementation.…”
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Therapeutic targeting of obesity-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration by Jialiu Zeng, Jialiu Zeng, Lenny Yi Tong Cheong, Chih Hung Lo, Chih Hung Lo

“…Gut dysbiosis, which results in a leaky intestinal barrier, exacerbates inflammation and plays a significant role in linking obesity to the pathogenesis of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration through the gut-brain/gut-brain-liver axis. …”
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Vaginal Treatment of Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence with Visceral Loop Prolapse: A New Challenge in Reparative Vaginal Surgery? by Salvatore Andrea Mastrolia, Edoardo Di Naro, Luca Maria Schonauer, Maria Teresa Loverro, Beatrice Indellicati, Mario Barnaba, Giuseppe Loverro

“…In this report we describe the case of a postmenopausal patient, undergoing surgical emergency because of the evisceration of an intestinal loop through a dehiscence of vaginal vault, after numerous reconstructive vaginal surgeries for vaginal prolapse. …”
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Jejunal Diverticulosis Probably Leading to Pylephlebitis of the Superior Mesenteric Vein by Julia Bockmeyer, Stephanie Taha-Mehlitz, Nickolaus Heeren, Stefan Ristic, Jürg Metzger, Jörn-Markus Gass

“…Pylephlebitis mostly results from intestinal infections, e.g., appendicitis or diverticulitis. …”
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Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Meat and Milk in Northeastern Italy by Debora Pinamonti, Marisa Manzano, Michela Maifreni, Silvia Bianco, Beki Domi, Alessia Ferrin, Jamila Anba-Mondoloni, Julien Dechamps, Roman Briandet, Jasmina Vidic

“…Finally, the interaction of representative strains with human Caco-2 intestinal cell line showed that most strains had an adhesion capacity. …”
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Intraductal Papillary Neoplasms of the Bile Duct by Masayuki Ohtsuka, Hiroaki Shimizu, Atsushi Kato, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Katsunori Furukawa, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Yuji Sakai, Osamu Yokosuka, Masaru Miyazaki

“…IPNBs are microscopically classified into four epithelial subtypes, such as pancreatobiliary, intestinal, gastric, and oncocytic types. Most cases of IPNB are IPN with high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or with an associated invasive carcinoma. …”
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