Bile Microbiota in Liver Transplantation: Proof of Concept Using Gene Amplification in a Heterogeneous Clinical Scenario

Objective: Historically, bile in the biliary tract has been considered sterile. Most of the series are based on patients with biliary tract diseases or the bile has been obtained with procedures susceptible to contamination.Methods: We evaluated the bile in a heterogeneous cohort of liver donors and...

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Main Authors: Francesco D'Amico, Alessandra Bertacco, Michele Finotti, Chiara Di Renzo, Manuel I. Rodriguez-Davalos, Gabriel E. Gondolesi, Umberto Cillo, David Mulligan, John Geibel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.621525/full