Gut microeukaryotes during anorexia nervosa: a case report

BMC Research Notes

Michel Drancourt¹  Didier Raoult¹  Nina Gouba¹ 

[1] Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Faculté de Médecine, 27, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex 5, France

关键词: Culture;    Polymerase chain reaction;    Microeukaryotes;    Gut;    Anorexia nervosa;   

Others  :  1134846
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-33

 received in 2013-09-06, accepted in 2013-12-20,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Few studies have focused on eukaryote community in the human gut. Here, the diversity of microeukaryotes in the gut microbiota of an anorexic patient was investigated using molecular and culture approaches.

Case presentation

A 21-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted in an intensive care unit for severe malnutrition in anorexia nervosa. One stool specimen was collected from the anorexic patient, culture and polymerase chain reaction-based explorations yielded a restricted diversity of fungi but four microeukaryotes Tetratrichomonas sp., Aspergillus ruber, Penicillium solitum and Cladosporium bruhnei previously undescribed in the human gut.

Conclusions

Establishing microeukaryote repertoire in gut microbiota contributes to the understanding of its role in human health.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Gouba et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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