Characterization of the gut microbiota of Kawasaki disease patients by metagenomic analysis

Characterization of the gut microbiota of Kawasaki disease patients by metagenomic analysis

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness of early childhood. Previous reports have suggested that genetic disease susceptibility factors, together with a triggering infectious agent, could be involved in KD pathogenesis; however, the precise etiology of this disease remains unknown. Additio...

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Main Authors: Akiko eKinumaki, Tsuyoshi eSekizuka, Hiromichi eHamada, Kengo eKato, Akifumi eYamashita, Makoto eKuroda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Streptococcus
Gut Microbiota
Metagenomic analysis
Kawasaki diseases
mitis group
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00824/full

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