Recent advances of relationship between intestinal microbiota and digestive diseases

There are trillions of bacteria in the human′s intestine, these bacteria constitute the largest human microbiota what are called intestinal flora, the intestinal flora participate in or affect the occurrence and development of a variety of diseases with the host as a whole. This review is focused on the relationship between intestinal microbiota and digestive diseases. It is helpful for clinicians to expand their understanding of the pathogenesis of related diseases and to broaden the diagnosis and treatment of diseases by understanding and studying the effects of intestinal microflora on the development of these diseases. (Chin J Lab Med, 2018, 41: 13-16) Key words: Intestinal microbiota imbalance; Digestive diseases