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Intestinal microbiota of infants with colic: development and specific signatures.
Pediatrics - 1 Feb 2013
de Weerth Carolina, Fuentes Susana, Puylaert Philippe, de Vos Willem M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To provide a comprehensive analysis of the fecal microbiota in infants with colic, as compared with control infants, during their first 100 days of life. METHODS: Microbial DNA of >200 samples from 12 infants with colic and 12 age-matched control infants was extracted and hybridized to a phylogenetic microarray. RESULTS: Microbiota diversity gradually increased after birth only in the control group;...
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