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Characterization of E coli strains isolated from Crohn’s disease patients in Brazil.
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kiny
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They reference the Rutgeerts study I showed many times, if you divert the fecal stream, the intestine heals.
When you actually filter the stool down to a size that is smaller than the size of bacteria, you get healing too.
The fecal stream is full of bacteria of course, including E coli, the mucus barrier is not a static barrier, it moves, mucus is mobile. If it didn't move around, bacteria would easily break it down. If you have a moving fecal stream full of bacteria coming into contact with that mucus layer, you get inflammation. Especially when those species are invasive are start to enter tissue.
When you actually filter the stool down to a size that is smaller than the size of bacteria, you get healing too.
The fecal stream is full of bacteria of course, including E coli, the mucus barrier is not a static barrier, it moves, mucus is mobile. If it didn't move around, bacteria would easily break it down. If you have a moving fecal stream full of bacteria coming into contact with that mucus layer, you get inflammation. Especially when those species are invasive are start to enter tissue.