“…At the phylum level, when compared with healthy controls, there was a relative reduced abundance of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes in CSU patients, which is partly in agreement with the airway allergies in young children (Chiu et al, 2019). At the genus level, members of the Bacteroides, Faecalibacterium, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and unidentified Ruminococcaceae were relatively lower and members of unidentified Enterobacteriaceae were relatively increased compared to healthy controls, which is partly consistent with previous studies about CU or allergic diseases (Sjogren et al, 2009;Johansson et al, 2011;Candela et al, 2012;Nabizadeh et al, 2017;Rezazadeh et al, 2018;Chiu et al, 2019). For example, Nabizadeh et al (2017) and Rezazadeh et al (2018) reported a depletion in the relative amounts of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Clostridia, Akkermansia muciniphila, Bifidobacterium, and Lactobacillus in CU patients.…”