Comparison of Infant Gut and Skin Microbiota, Resistome and Virulome Between Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environments

Comparison of Infant Gut and Skin Microbiota, Resistome and Virulome Between Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environments

Background: There is a growing move to provide care for premature infants in a single family, private room neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in place of the traditional shared space, open bay NICU. The resultant effect on the developing neonatal microbiota is unknown.Study Design: Stool and groin...

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Main Authors: Suchitra K. Hourigan, Poorani Subramanian, Nur A. Hasan, Allison Ta, Elisabeth Klein, Nassim Chettout, Kathi Huddleston, Varsha Deopujari, Shira Levy, Rajiv Baveja, Nicole C. Clemency, Robin L. Baker, John E. Niederhuber, Rita R. Colwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
microbiome
microbiota
neonatal
NICU
environment
resistome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01361/full

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