Effects of sepsis and its treatment measures on intestinal flora structure in critical care patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sepsis is a common disease in intensive care units, with high morbidity and mortality. Intestinal microecology plays a vital part in the development and progression of this disease, possibly because sepsis and its treatment cause specific changes in the composition of the intestinal flora.

Aim

To investigate the characteristics of intestinal flora disturbance in sepsis patients treated with antibiotics.

Methods

In this prospective comparative study, we enrolled ten patients with sepsis (sepsis group), hospitalized in the Department of Critical Care Medicine of the General Hospital, Ningxia Medical University, China (a class IIIa general hospital) from February 2017 to June 2017; ten patients without sepsis hospitalized in the same period (non-sepsis group)

SUBMITTER: Yang XJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8130038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature