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Old Folks, Bad Boon: Antimicrobial Resistance in the Infant Gut Microbiome
27 Jul 2023
Abstract excerpt
The development of the intestinal microbiome in the neonate starts, mainly, at birth, when the infant receives its founding microbial inoculum from the mother. This microbiome contains genes conferring resistance to antibiotics since these are found in some of the microorganisms present in the intestine. Similarly to microbiota composition, the possession of antibiotic resistance genes is affected by different...
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