Review Article
The Role of Bacteria in the Pathogenesis of Ulcerative Colitis
Table 1
Summary of enteric bacteria and their contribution to intestinal inflammation in UC.
| Role in UC | Strain | Location | Reference |
| Initiation of inflammation | Campylobacter spp. | Europe | [19, 20] | Salmonella spp. | Europe | [19, 20] | Shigella spp. | Europe | [19, 20, 34] |
| Proinflammatory | Campylobacter spp. | Europe | [37] | Escherichia coli | Europe and America | [26, 34, 39ā43] | Rhodococcus spp. | Europe | [34] | Stenotrophomonas spp. | Europe | [34] | Enterohepatic Helicobacter | Europe and America | [44, 45] | Bacteroides ovatus | Asia | [46] | Fusobacterium varium | Asia | [47] |
| Anti-inflammatory | Bacteroides spp. | Europe and America | [26, 28, 29] | Firmicutes | America | [29] | Faecalibacterium prausnitzii | Europe | [34] | Lactobacillus spp. | Europe | [54] | Pediococcus acidilactici | Europe | [54] |
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