Distinct responsiveness to rifaximin in patients with hepatic encephalopathy depends on functional gut microbial species

Abstract Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is the neuropsychiatric complication of liver cirrhosis (LC). The influence of gut microbiota on HE pathogenesis has been suggested but not precisely elucidated. Here, we investigate how the gut microbial profile changed in patients with HE to clarify the functio...

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Main Authors: Yoshimi Yukawa‐Muto, Tomonori Kamiya, Hideki Fujii, Hiroshi Mori, Atsushi Toyoda, Ikuya Sato, Yusuke Konishi, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Eiji Hara, Shinji Fukuda, Norifumi Kawada, Naoko Ohtani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 2022-08-01
Series:Hepatology Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1954