The gut microbiota of critically ill patients: first steps in an unexplored world

Étienne Ruppé^{1

2}, Thiago Lisboa^{3

4}, François Barbier⁵

Affiliations

¹ INSERM, IAME-UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
² Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Critical Care Department and Infection Control Committee, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre-PPG Ciencias Pneumologias, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Rede Institucional de Pesquisa e Inovação em Medicina Intensiva, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Hôpital de la Source, Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans, Orléans, France. francois.barbier@chr-orleans.fr.

Editorial

Étienne Ruppé et al. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;44(9):1561-1564.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5309-3. Epub 2018 Jul 14.

Étienne Ruppé^{1

2}, Thiago Lisboa^{3

4}, François Barbier⁵

¹ INSERM, IAME-UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
² Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Critical Care Department and Infection Control Committee, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre-PPG Ciencias Pneumologias, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Rede Institucional de Pesquisa e Inovação em Medicina Intensiva, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Hôpital de la Source, Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans, Orléans, France. francois.barbier@chr-orleans.fr.

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Comment in

Microbiota in ICU, not only a gut problem.
Alagna L, Bandera A, Patruno A, Muscatello A, Citerio G, Gori A. Alagna L, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 May;45(5):733-737. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-05516-7. Epub 2019 Jan 22. Intensive Care Med. 2019. PMID: 30671622 No abstract available.

Pathogen colonization of the gastrointestinal microbiome at intensive care unit admission and risk for subsequent death or infection.
Freedberg DE, Zhou MJ, Cohen ME, Annavajhala MK, Khan S, Moscoso DI, Brooks C, Whittier S, Chong DH, Uhlemann AC, Abrams JA. Freedberg DE, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Aug;44(8):1203-1211. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5268-8. Epub 2018 Jun 23. Intensive Care Med. 2018. PMID: 29936583 Free PMC article.