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Microbial ecology of the digestive tract

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Preferred term

bacterial translocation  

Entry terms

  • translocation of intestinal bacteria

Subject

  • Gastroenterology
  • Human medicine and diseases

Example

  • Bacterial translocation from the gastrointestinal tract is not a phenomenon restricted to only a few special cases, but readily occurs when: (a) the host immune defenses are compromised, and (b) the mucosal barrier is physically disrupted, or (c) there is intestinal bacterial overgrowth due to alterations in the ecological equilibrium of the indigenous microflora. (Source : INRA)

preferred label (skos-xl)

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URI

https://opendata.inra.fr/EMTD/91

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