Original articles
Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes/Proteobacteria ratios are associated with worse prognosis in a cohort of Latin American patients with cirrhosis
Augusto Mantovania, Larisse Longoa,b, Rutiane Ullmann Thoena,b, Pabulo Henrique Rampelottob,c,d, Raul Salinasb, Gabriel Tayguara Silveira Guerreiroa, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silvaa,b,e,f,
Corresponding author
a Graduate Program in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
b Experimental Laboratory of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Center for Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
c Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core Facility, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
d Graduate Program in Biological Sciences: Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
e Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq Researcher, Brazil
f Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil