The gut microbiome and inflammation in obsessive‐compulsive disorder patients compared to age‐ and sex‐matched controls: a pilot study

Objective To compare the gut microbiome profile (by way of taxon analysis and indices of β‐ and α‐diversity) and inflammatory markers (C‐reactive protein [CRP], interleukin‐6[IL‐6] and tumour necrosis factor‐α [TNF‐α]) of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) outpatients and non‐psychiatric community controls. Methods We collected morning stool and blood samples from 21 non‐depressed, medication‐free OCD patients and 22 age‐ and sex‐matched...