Original Article
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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Dec 15, 2011; 2(6): 138-145
Published online Dec 15, 2011. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v2.i6.138
Effect of fiber supplementation on the microbiota in critically ill patients
Stephen JD O’Keefe, Junhai Ou, James P DeLany, Scott Curry, Erwin Zoetendal, H Rex Gaskins, Scott Gunn
Stephen JD O’Keefe, Junhai Ou, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
James P DeLany, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
Scott Curry, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
Erwin Zoetendal, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen 6703HB, The Netherlands
H Rex Gaskins, Department of Animal Sciences and Pathobiology, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
Scott Gunn, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
Author contributions: O’Keefe SJD, Ou J and Gunn S designed, organized and conducted the studies; Ou J, Delany JP, Zoetendal E and Gaskins HR analyzed and interpreted the data; all authors participated in writing the article.
Supported by NIH NCI R01 CA135379 for O’Keefe and Gaskins Laboratories
Correspondence to: Stephen JD O’Keefe, MD, MSc, FRCP, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. sjokeefe@pitt.edu
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Received: July 4, 2011
Revised: November 18, 2011
Accepted: December 3, 2011
Published online: December 15, 2011
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