Neonatal antibiotic exposure impairs child growth during the first six years of life by perturbing intestinal microbial colonization

In this study, Omry Koren, Samuli Rautava and colleagues report a sex-specific association between neonatal antibiotic exposure and weight and height gain during the first six years of life and showing that boys but not girls exposed to neonatal antibiotics exhibit impaired weight and height develop...

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Main Authors: Atara Uzan-Yulzari, Olli Turta, Anna Belogolovski, Oren Ziv, Christina Kunz, Sarah Perschbacher, Hadar Neuman, Edoardo Pasolli, Aia Oz, Hila Ben-Amram, Himanshu Kumar, Helena Ollila, Anne Kaljonen, Erika Isolauri, Seppo Salminen, Hanna Lagström, Nicola Segata, Itai Sharon, Yoram Louzoun, Regina Ensenauer, Samuli Rautava, Omry Koren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20495-4