Review Article

Advances in Gut Microbiota of Viral Hepatitis Cirrhosis

Table 1

Microbiota in HBV/HCV cirrhotic patients vs controls.

InvestigatorsNHBV/HCV-related cases (n)Changed microbiota
IncreasedDecreased

Chen et al. [32]5824 HBV-relatedFirmicutes, VeillonellaProteobacteria, Neisseria
Megasphaera, DialisterHaemophilus
Atopobium, PrevotellaSR1 genera incertae sedis
Qin et al. [33]18199 HBV-relatedProteobacteria, FusobacteriaBacteroidetes, Bacteroides
Veillonella, StreptococcusEubacterium, Alistipes
Clostridium, Prevotella
Xu et al. [34]4716 HBV-relatedB. dentiumB. catenulatum, B. infantis
B. bifidum
Ponziani et al. [35]2412 HCV-relatedProteobacteria, StaphylococcaceaeMethanobacteriaceae
Veillonellaceae, EnterobacteriaceaeMethanobrevibacter
Corynebacteriaceae, Dialister
Staphylococcus, Micrococcaceae
Eubacterium, Enterococcus
Heidrich et al. [36]14538 HCV-relatedAlloprevotella, LactobacillusClostridium IV, Bilophila
Streptococcus, VeillonellaMitsuokella, Victivallis
Haemophilus, AkkermansiaButyricimonas
Aly et al. [37]157 HCV-relatedBacteroidetes, PrevotellaRuminococcus, Clostridium
Acinetobacter, FaecalibacteriumParabacteroides
Phascolarctobacterium, Veillonella
Bajaj et al. [38]244119 HCV-relatedStaphylococcaceae, EnterococcaceaeBacteroidaceae, Prevotellaceae
StreptococcaceaeClostridiales XIV
EnterobacteriaceaeRuminococcaceae, Veillonellaceae

N means the total number of patients in the study, which included healthy controls and those with HBV- or HCV-related cirrhosis.