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Cytotoxin-producing Klebsiella oxytoca in the preterm gut and its association with necrotizing enterocolitis
1 Jan 2020
Abstract excerpt
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal inflammatory disease of premature infants associated with gut bacterial dysbiosis. Using 16S rRNA-based methods, our laboratory identified an unclassified Enterobacteriaceae sequence (NEC_unk_OTU) with high abundance in NEC fecal samples. We aimed to identify this bacterium and determine its potential role in the disease. NCBI database searches for the...
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