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Center Variation in Intestinal Microbiota Prior to Late-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants
25 Jun 2015
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OBJECTIVE: Late onset sepsis (LOS) contributes to mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. We tested the hypotheses that microbes causing LOS originate from the gut, and that distortions in the gut microbial community increases subsequent risk of LOS. STUDY DESIGN: We examined the gut microbial community in prospectively collected stool samples from preterm infants with LOS and an equal number of age-matched...
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