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  1. The impact of the fecal multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) carriage on the gut microbiota, metabolite alterations, and cirrhosis-related complications remains unclear.

    Authors: Pei-Shan Wu, Pei-Chang Lee, Tien-En Chang, Yun-Cheng Hsieh, Chi-Wei Huang, Chao-Hsiung Lin, Yi-Long Huang, Yi-Tsung Lin, Teh-Ia Huo, Bernd Schnabl, Kuei-Chuan Lee and Ming-Chih Hou
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:30
  2. Proteus spp. have long been recognized for their role in urinary tract infections, while recent evidence disclosed their implications in gastrointestinal diseases. Despite this, the taxonomy of clinically-derived...

    Authors: Zhiyun Zhang, Jing He, Xueqing Liu, Linqian Huang, Zhou Zeng, Yao Peng and Xunchao Cai
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:29
  3. Immunosuppressant administration subsequent to organ transplantation exerts a substantial influence on gut microbiota composition, thereby affecting patients’ prognosis and quality of life.

    Authors: Jianmin Hu, Ding Liu, Guorong Liao, Ying Guo, Min Li, Jun Liao, Hua Chen, Song Zhou, Siqiang Yang, Shichao Li, Yongguang Liu and Ming Zhao
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:28
  4. Gut microbiota alteration is implicated in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). No study has characterized the dysbiosis associated with ALD by micro...

    Authors: Reham Magdy Wasfy, Anissa Abdoulaye, Patrick Borentain, Babacar Mbaye, Maryam Tidjani Alou, Aurelia Caputo, Claudia Andrieu, Giovanna Mottola, Anthony Levasseur, Matthieu Million and Rene Gerolami
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:27
  5. Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli are the most common causes of bacterial enteritis worldwide whereas symptomatic and asymptomatic infections are associated with stunting in children in low- and middle-income coun...

    Authors: Nitya Singh, Cecilie A. N. Thystrup, Bahar Mummed Hassen, Menuka Bhandari, Gireesh Rajashekara, Tine M. Hald, Mark J. Manary, Sarah L. McKune, Jemal Yusuf Hassen, Helen L. Smith, Jonathan C. Marshall, Nigel P. French and Arie H. Havelaar
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:26
  6. Pancreatic cancer (PC) presents a significant challenge in oncology because of its late-stage diagnosis and limited treatment options. The inadequacy of current screening methods has prompted investigations in...

    Authors: Heidelinde Sammallahti, Sama Rezasoltani, Satu Pekkala, Arto Kokkola, Hamid Asadzadeh Agdaei, Mehdi Azizmohhammad Looha, Reza Ghanbari, Farhad Zamani, Amir Sadeghi, Virinder Kaur Sarhadi, Marja Tiirola, Pauli Puolakkainen and Sakari Knuutila
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:24
  7. Breastfeeding is a major determinant of gut microbiota composition and fermentation activity during the first months of life. Breastmilk delivers human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) as substrates for microbial i...

    Authors: Lucía Huertas-Díaz, Louise Guldager Vestergaard, Angeliki Marietou, Marta Irla, Jürgen Behr, Mark M. Somoza, Anders Feilberg and Clarissa Schwab
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:23
  8. Arcobacter butzleri is a foodborne pathogen that has been positioned as an emerging cause of bacterial enteritis. It can affect any type of person although vulnerable people are more susceptible. In addition, res...

    Authors: Cristina García-Salguero, Carlos González-Corralejo, Jose Marroyo Laso and Alberto Delgado-Iribarren García-Campero
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:22
  9. The gut microbiome represents a novel biomarker for melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Gut microbiome metagenomics profiling studies of pa...

    Authors: Khoudia Diop, Babacar Mbaye, Somayeh Nili, Alysé Filin, Myriam Benlaifaoui, Julie Malo, Anne Sophie Renaud, Wiam Belkaid, Sebastian Hunter, Meriem Messaoudene, Karla A. Lee, Arielle Elkrief and Bertrand Routy
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:21
  10. Gastrointestinal microbial infections among healthcare individuals (HCIs) are common due to several risk factors, including poor personal hygiene and socio-economic lifestyle.

    Authors: Faika Hassanein, Mohamed S. Abdel-Latif and Amany I. Shehata
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:20
  11. The aetiology of Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, is multifactorial and not completely understood. However, the association with gut dysbiosis is well-established, and manipulation of the...

    Authors: Ida Marie Bruun Grønbæk, Sofie Ingdam Halkjær, Sarah Mollerup, Esben Holm Hansen, Sarah Juel Paulsen, Sara Engel, Klaus Theede, Rune Wilkens, Trine Boysen and Andreas Munk Petersen
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:19
  12. The commensal microbiota is closely related to HBV infection and HBV-related liver diseases; however, how HBV and viral components dynamically affect the targeted organ liver microbiota is not well-known. In t...

    Authors: Wendi Zhang, Yuwei Wu, Min Cheng, Haiming Wei, Rui Sun, Hui Peng, Zhigang Tian and Yongyan Chen
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:18
  13. Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridioides difficile is highly prevalent in early infancy, affecting approximately 40% of infants. This phenomenon offers a unique opportunity to study its impact on the gut microbiot...

    Authors: Aleksander Mahnic, Jana Lozar Krivec, Darja Paro-Panjan, Andreja Valcl, Tanja Obermajer, Bojana Bogovič Matijašić, Evgen Benedik, Petra Bratina and Maja Rupnik
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:17
  14. Gastrointestinal infections represent a significant global health burden, ranking as the second leading cause of mortality among infants and children. Identifying of pathogens causing neonatal gastrointestinal...

    Authors: Xinyu Liu, Rui Zhang, Mengdie Wang, Chuncai Tang, Feifei Yang, Qingjuan Yang, Changyong Huang, Ying Zhang, Zhengmin Ren, Liqiao Liu, Guozhong Zhou and Jia Li
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:16
  15. Authors: Shahira Abdelaziz Ali Ahmed, Amira Bakr Mokhtar, Samar Farag Mohamed, Marwa Ibrahim Saad El‑Din, Catherine O.’Dowd Phanis, Stefani Kazamia, Chad Schou, Paweł Gładysz, Anna Lass, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Panagiotis Karanis and Samer Eid Mohamed Gad
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:15

    The original article was published in Gut Pathogens 2024 16:74

  16. There are no reports with molecular confirmation of Cryptosporidium spp. and Cyclospora spp. in children consulting the emergency service due to diarrhoea in Colombia.

    Authors: Jessica Triviño-Valencia, Alejandro Nati-Castillo, Nancy Yhomara Cabeza, Fabiana Lora-Suarez and Jorge Gómez-Marín
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:14

    The Correction to this article has been published in Gut Pathogens 2025 17:25

  17. C57BL/6 mice, orally infected with T. gondii, experience pronounced severe intestinal inflammation, causing necrosis, weight loss, and bacterial translocation. In addition, immunomodulatory molecules such as lipo...

    Authors: Roberto Augusto Pereira Sousa, Jean Henrique Nunes de Paula, Rafaela José Silva, Samuel Cota Teixeira, Flávia Batista Ferreira França, Amanda Helena Leão Gonçalves, Túlio Rodrigues Oliveira Silva, Maria Julia Granero-Rosa, Murilo Vieira Silva, Marcos de Lucca Moreira Gomes, Marcos Vinícius Silva, Virmondes Rodrigues Junior, José Roberto Mineo, Bellisa Freitas Barbosa, Eloisa Amália Vieira Ferro, Carlo José Freire Oliveira…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:13
  18. The species most frequently causing campylobacteriosis are Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, followed by Campylobacter fetus, Campylobacter upsaliensis, and Campylobacter lari. Although polymerase chai...

    Authors: Lucie Bénéjat, Astrid Ducournau, Juliette Gebhart, Emilie Bessede, Juergen Becker, Marine Jauvain and Philippe Lehours
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:12
  19. Gut microbial dysbiosis and leaky gut play a role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Geographical location and dietary habits affect the microbiome composition in diverse populations. This study explored t...

    Authors: Aya Y. Ali, Sara A. Zahran, Mervat Eissa, Mona T. Kashef and Amal Emad Ali
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:10
  20. Infection with the COVID-19-causing pathogen SARS-CoV-2 is associated with disruption in the human gut microbiome. The gut microbiome enables protection against diverse pathogens and exhibits dysbiosis during ...

    Authors: Carolina Agudelo, David Patrick Kateete, Emmanuel Nasinghe, Rogers Kamulegeya, Christopher Lubega, Monica Mbabazi, Noah Baker, Kathryn Y. Lin, Chang C. Liu, Arthur Shem Kasambula, Edgar Kigozi, Kevin Komakech, John Mukisa, Kassim Mulumba, Patricia Mwachan, Brenda Sharon Nakalanda…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:9
  21. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the five leading causes of cancer incidence and mortality. During the past decade, the role of the gut microbiota and its dysbiosis in colorectal tumorigenesis has been emphasi...

    Authors: Asmaa A. El Leithy, Amira Salah El-Din Youssef, Auhood Nassar, Ramy K. Aziz, Nadin M. Khaled, Mina T. Mahrous, Ghobrial N. Farahat, Aya H. Mohamed and Yasser Mabrouk Bakr
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:8
  22. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication regimens may have different effects on the gut microbiota. Few studies have analyzed the safety of high-dose dual therapy (HDDT) from a micro-ecological perspective. Th...

    Authors: Jia-Lun Guan, Ting-Ting Xu, Ya Lin, Yan-Shuai Mo, Bi-Yu He, Ying-Ying Han, Ji-Yan Li, Su-Hong Xia, Ya-Ni Zhou, Jia-Zhi Liao and Pei-Yuan Li
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:7
  23. Asymptomatic carriers significantly influence the transmission dynamics of C. difficile. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of toxigenic C. difficile asymptomatic colonization (tCDAC) and investigate its h...

    Authors: Daniel De-la-Rosa-Martínez, Rodrigo Villaseñor-Echavarri, Diana Vilar-Compte, Virna Mosqueda-Larrauri, Paola Zinser-Peniche and Seth Blumberg
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:6
  24. The use of antibiotic therapy in acute pancreatitis remains controversial and is currently recommended only for confirmed infections of peripancreatic necrosis. However, reliable early predictors of septic com...

    Authors: Fabienne Bender, Theresa König, Matthias Hecker, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Jacqueline Braun, Joern Pons-Kühnemann, Matthias Wolff, Andreas Hecker and Martin Reichert
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:5
  25. Accurate and comprehensive identification of enteropathogens, causing infectious gastroenteritis, is essential for optimal patient treatment and effective isolation processes in health care systems. Traditiona...

    Authors: Nicola Z. Angel, Mitchell J. Sullivan, Areej Alsheikh-Hussain, Liang Fang, Samantha MacDonald, Alena Pribyl, Blake Wills, Gene W. Tyson, Philip Hugenholtz, Donovan H. Parks, Paul Griffin and David L. A. Wood
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:4
  26. Bacterial flagellin, a potent intestinal innate immune activator, prevents murine rotavirus (RV) infection independent of adaptive immunity and interferons. The flagellin-induced immunity is mediated by Toll-l...

    Authors: Nontlantla J. Haindongo, Mapaseka Seheri and Cliff A. Magwira
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:3
  27. The transmission of Salmonella spp. to human through the consumption of contaminated food products of animal origin, mainly poultry is a significant global public health concern. The emerging multidrug resistant ...

    Authors: Shirin Vakili, Mehri Haeili, Adel Feizi, Kiarash Moghaddasi, Maryam Omrani, Arash Ghodousi and Daniela Maria Cirillo
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:2
  28. The gut is involved in the development of acute pancreatitis (AP). Increased focus is being given to the role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of AP. Nevertheless, there is currently no available evidence...

    Authors: Meng-Qi Zhao, Miao-Yan Fan, Meng-Yan Cui, Su-Min Chen, Jing-Jing Wang, Ying-Ying Lu and Qiao-Li Jiang
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2025 17:1
  29. Sepsis represents the most prevalent infectious complication and the primary cause of mortality in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). The risk of sepsis and the difficulty of treatment are significantly incre...

    Authors: Yingqi Yang, Luyao Wang, Tianchi Zhuang, Ting Xu, Minghui Ji and Quan Wang
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:78
  30. Maintaining gut microbial homeostasis is crucial for human health, as imbalances in the gut microbiota (GM) can lead to various diseases, including metabolic syndrome (MS), exacerbated by the use of antipsycho...

    Authors: Syed Mushraf, Kiran Chawla, Shaik Mohammed Abdul Fayaz, Aranjani Jesil Mathew, Gayam Prasanna Kumar Reddy, Mohandas Rao Kappettu Gadahad, Padmaja A. Shenoy, Vasudha Devi, Shalini Adiga and Veena Nayak
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:77
  31. Bacterial infections leading to bacteremia and septicemic shock constitute an emerging public health concern globally, especially in areas where sanitation is poor and safe drinking water is scarce. Enteric pa...

    Authors: Mohammad Tarequl Islam, Kazi Sumaita Nahar, Nikhat Ara, Suma Mita Biswas, Waliullah, Jarin Tasnim, Mohammad Nazmus Sakib, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Alimul Islam, Anindita Bristi, Marzia Sultana, Dilruba Ahmed, Kimberley D. Seed, Andrew Camilli, Tahmeed Ahmed and Munirul Alam
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:76
  32. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), a group of enteric pathogenic bacteria that is a major cause of human diarrheal disease, must interact with the diverse intestinal microbiome during colonization and sub...

    Authors: Sarah Bowser, Itziar Chapartegui-González and Alfredo G. Torres
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:75
  33. Giardia duodenalis (G. duodenalis) is an intestinal protozoan parasite of human and animal hosts. The present study investigated and compared the assemblages of G. duodenalis-infected faecal samples in patients o...

    Authors: Shahira Abdelaziz Ali Ahmed, Amira Bakr Mokhtar, Samar Farag Mohamed, Marwa Ibrahim Saad El-Din, Catherine O’Dowd Phanis, Stefani Kazamia, Chad Schou, Paweł Gładysz, Anna Lass, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Panagiotis Karanis and Samer Eid Mohamed Gad
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:74

    The Correction to this article has been published in Gut Pathogens 2025 17:15

  34. Colistin resistance significantly constrains available treatment options and results in the emergence of pandrug-resistant (PDR) strains. Treating PDR infections is a major public health issue. A promising sol...

    Authors: Eriny T. Attalla, Amal M. Khalil, Azza S. Zakaria, Rhiannon Evans, Nesrin S. Tolba and Nelly M. Mohamed
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:73
  35. The composition of human gut microbiota is dominated by bacteria which have been extensively studied. The role of intestinal eukaryote microorganisms like Blastocystis, however, remains under investigation. Moreo...

    Authors: Lorenzo Antonetti, Federica Berrilli, Veronica Di Cristanziano, Fedja Farowski, Martin Daeumer, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt, Maristella Santoro, Massimo Federici and Rossella D’Alfonso
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:72
  36. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing global public health challenges; in particular, the rapid dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) is emerging as a significant conce...

    Authors: Jialiang Xu, Jiaqi Liu, Jiayong Zhao, Tian Tian, Mengyu Wang, Gailing Yuan, Yao Peng, Yuan Zhang, Zhe Li, Biao Kan, Zhenpeng Li and Xin Lu
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:70
  37. Cow milk, which is sometimes consumed raw, hosts a plethora of microorganisms, some of which are beneficial, while others raise food safety concerns. In this study, the draft genome of an extended-spectrum β-l...

    Authors: Muiz O. Akinyemi, Oluwawapelumi A. Oyedele, Mariska S. Kleyn, Bukola A. Onarinde, Rasheed A. Adeleke and Chibundu N. Ezekiel
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:69
  38. The ubiquitous protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis is a major contributor to the global burden of diarrhoea, particularly in young children living in poor-resource regions. Although rarely mortal, giardiasis is...

    Authors: Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Mostafa Rezaeian, Hanieh Mohammad Rahimi, Ahmadreza Meamar, Milad Badri, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Hossein-Ali Rahdar, Solmaz Sepahi, Hamed Mirjalali and David Carmena
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:68
  39. Gut microbiome dysbiosis and related immune dysfunction have been associated with the pathogenesis of Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in infants with neonatal cholestasis (NC) as previously reported by ...

    Authors: Kalyani Karandikar, Gauri Bhonde, Harsha Palav, Varsha Padwal, Shilpa Velhal, Jacintha Pereira, Himali Meshram, Akshat Goel, Ira Shah, Vainav Patel and Vikrant M. Bhor
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:67
  40. Mucormycosis is a highly lethal opportunistic fungal disease caused by ubiquitous molds of the order Mucorales, with Rhizopus, Lichtheimia and Mucor being the most common genera. This rare disease primarily af...

    Authors: Diana Marcela Grajales-Urrego, Fabián Mantilla-Sylvain, Mariam Carolina Rolon-Cadena, William Mauricio Basto-Borbón and Johanna Álvarez-Figueroa
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:66
  41. Crohn’s disease (CD) and intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) are gastrointestinal (GI) inflammatory disorders with overlapping clinical presentations but diverging etiologies. The study aims to decipher CD and ITB-a...

    Authors: Aditya Bajaj, Manasvini Markandey, Amit Samal, Sourav Goswami, Sudheer K. Vuyyuru, Srikant Mohta, Bhaskar Kante, Peeyush Kumar, Govind Makharia, Saurabh Kedia, Tarini Shankar Ghosh and Vineet Ahuja
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:65
  42. Specific intestinal metabolites are closely associated with the classification, severity, and necrosis of acute pancreatitis (AP) and provide novel insights for in-depth clinical investigations. In this study,...

    Authors: Zhenjiang Wang, Mingyi Guo, Sen Yang, Yuping Chen, Jianbin Cheng, Zaiwei Huang, Tongxu Wang, Xiaobei Luo, Xingxiang He, Dali Wang and Xiaohong Xu
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:64
  43. Salmonella, a foodborne pathogen, possesses a type I-E clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR associated (Cas) system. We investigated the system’s role in regulating Salmonella

    Authors: Nandita Sharma, Ankita Das, Abhilash Vijay Nair, Palash Sethi, Vidya Devi Negi, Dipshikha Chakravortty and Sandhya Amol Marathe
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:63
  44. In the Zhejiang region, research on Helicobacter pylori is lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of antibiotic resistance in H. pylori in this region, explore alternative methods for predict...

    Authors: Yunhui Fang, Shiman Jiang, Xinxin Zhou, Wangxiao Zhou, Xinrong Jiang, Lifeng Chen, Mengting Wang, Yunbo Chen and Lanjuan Li
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:62
  45. Enteric infections are hypothesized to be associated with intussusception in children. A small increase in intussusception following rotavirus vaccination has been seen in some settings. We conducted post-mark...

    Authors: Ira Praharaj, Samarasimha Nusi Reddy, Nayana Prabhakaran Nair, Jacqueline Elizabeth Tate, Sidhartha Giri, Varunkumar Thiyagarajan, Venkata Raghava Mohan, Rajendiran Revathi, Kalaivanan Maheshwari, Priya Hemavathy, Nirmal Kumar, Mohan Digambar Gupte, Rashmi Arora, Sowmiya Senthamizh, Suhasini Mekala, Krishna Babu Goru…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:61
  46. Antimicrobial autoantigenic glycoprotein 2 (GP2) is an important component of the innate immune system which originates from the exocrine pancreas as well as from the small intestines. The relationship of GP2 ...

    Authors: Fabian Frost, Stefan Weiss, Johannes Hertel, Malte Rühlemann, Corinna Bang, Andre Franke, Matthias Nauck, Marcus Dörr, Henry Völzke, Dirk Roggenbuck, Peter Schierack, Uwe Völker, Georg Homuth, Ali A. Aghdassi, Matthias Sendler, Markus M. Lerch…
    Citation: Gut Pathogens 2024 16:60