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Meenal Jain1, Tanya Jain2, Rajat Nayak3
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Bundelkhand Government Medical College Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the most tenacious health issue affecting individuals globally. Therefore, it is of interest to estimate gut microbiota motifs associated with the outbreak of active TB by incorporating the insights from human case-control data. 106 respondents were categorised into 2 groups: group A with TB and group B controls with 53 respondents in each category. The Shannon diversity index was substantially diminished in affected individuals. The active TB cases exhibited substantially decreased micro-biomes (P < 0.001). Thus, we show the need to develop microbiome-targeted strategies to reduce the incidence of active TB cases and improve their effective management.
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