Intestinal microbiota, microbial translocation, and systemic inflammation in chronic HIV infection.

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Abstract

Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), patients with chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have increased microbial translocation and systemic inflammation. Alterations in the intestinal microbiota may play a role in microbial translocation and inflammation.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Infect. Dis.

Title: The Journal of infectious diseases

ISSN (Electronic): 1537-6613

ISSN (Print): 0022-1899

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 1 2015

Volume: 211

Issue: 1

Affiliations

[1 ] Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center.

[2 ] Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center Department of Public Health and Community Medicine.

[3 ] Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

Article

Publisher Item ID: jiu409

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu409

PMC ID: 4326316

PubMed ID: 25057045

SO-VID: f4bd693a-bbb4-4e34-90c3-5833fbbf57dd

Copyright © © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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Keywords: HIV,dysbiosis,inflammation,microbial translocation,microbiota

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Keywords: HIV, dysbiosis, inflammation, microbial translocation, microbiota

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