Assessment of the Fecal Lactobacilli Population in Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Decompensated Cirrhosis and Hepatitis B Cirrhosis Treated with Liver Transplant

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 929-937

  Wu, Zhong Wen ^a   Lu, Hai Feng ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a   Zuo, Jian ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Sheng, Ji Fang ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a,b   Li, Lan Juan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 84864328421     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9945-1     Document Type: Article

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