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Longitudinal Survey of Microbiota in Hospitalized Preterm Very‐Low‐Birth‐Weight Infants
31 Jul 2015
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to examine the changes in bacteria in hospitalized preterm infants during the first month of life. METHODS: Rectal swabs were collected daily from 12 preterm infants. DNA was extracted from swabs from day of birth and weekly thereafter. Bacterial taxa were identified with next generation sequencing using universal bacterial primers targeted at the 16S ribosomal DNA on...
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