Development and Validation of a Biomarker for Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Human Subjects

Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is diagnosed through clinical criteria after excluding “organic” conditions, and can be precipitated by acute gastroenteritis. Cytolethal distending toxin B (CdtB) is produced by bacteria that cause acute gastroenteritis, and a post-infectious anim...

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Main Authors: Pimentel, Mark, Morales, Walter, Rezaie, Ali, Marsh, Emily, Lembo, Anthony, Mirocha, James, Leffler, Daniel A., Marsh, Zachary, Weitsman, Stacy, Chua, Kathleen S., Barlow, Gillian M., Bortey, Enoch, Forbes, William, Yu, Allen, Chang, Christopher
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430499/