[CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL GASTROENTEROLOGY]
[ACG CASE REPORTS JOURNAL]
Meconium Microbiome Associates with the Development of Neonatal Jaundice
A Second Attack of Anisakis: Intestinal Anisakiasis Following Gastric Anisakiasis
Tianyu Dong, PhD, Ting Chen, PhD, Richard Allen White III, PhD, Xu Wang, PhD, Weiyue Hu, PhD, Yali Liang, MS, Yuqing Zhang, PhD, Chuncheng Lu, PhD, Minjian Chen, PhD, Heidi Aase, PhD, Yankai Xia, PhD
Naoto Mizumura, MD, Satoshi Okumura, MD, Hiroshi Tsuchihashi, MD, PhD, Masao Ogawa, MD, PhD, and Masayasu Kawasaki, MD, PhD
WHAT IS CURRENT KNOWLEDGE? Neonatal jaundice is a commonly found disease in newborns.
WHAT IS NEW HERE? Gut microbiome is associated with the development of neonatal jaundice especially in C-section babies.
Gut bacteria mediates the bilirubin metabolism.
Higher relative abundance of B. pseudolongum is associated with lower risk of jaundice.
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A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN PRESENTED with epigastric pain after eating raw mackerel. Abdominal computed tomography revealed submucosal edema of the gastric antrum and pelvic ileum. Gastroscopy revealed an Anisakis simplex in the gastric antrum. His epigastric pain resolved after endoscopic removal of the Anisakis; however, he developed right lower quadrant pain the following day. Abdominal computed tomography showed submucosal edema of the terminal ileum involving different ileal loops, which was not present on admission. The patient developed delayed intestinal anisakiasis. A serving of raw fish may contain more than one Anisakis. After gastric anisakiasis, a second Anisakis may cause intestinal anisakiasis. READ the full case: bit.ly/CRJSep18
FIG. 1: Variability and diversity of the meconium microbiome.
FIG. 3: Bar plot of the LDA Score (log10) between control and case groups in cesarean infants.
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