Longitudinal assessment of antibiotic resistance gene profiles in gut microbiomes of infants at risk of eczema
Abstract Background While there is increasing knowledge about the gut microbiome, the factors influencing and the significance of the gut resistome are still not well understood. Infant gut commensals risk transferring multidrug-resistant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) to pathogenic bacteria. Th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05000-y |