Mucosa-associated bacterial diversity in necrotizing enterocolitis.

Mucosa-associated bacterial diversity in necrotizing enterocolitis.

Previous studies of infant fecal samples have failed to clarify the role of gut bacteria in the pathogenesis of NEC. We sought to characterize bacterial communities within intestinal tissue resected from infants with and without NEC.26 intestinal samples were resected from 19 infants, including 16 N...

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Main Authors: Rachel Brower-Sinning, Diana Zhong, Misty Good, Brian Firek, Robyn Baker, Chhinder P Sodhi, David J Hackam, Michael J Morowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4159227?pdf=render

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