Cytotoxin-producing Klebsiella oxytoca in the preterm gut and its association with necrotizing enterocolitis

ABSTRACTNecrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal inflammatory disease of premature infants associated with gut bacterial dysbiosis. Using 16S rRNA-based methods, our laboratory identified an unclassified Enterobacteriaceae sequence (NEC_unk_OTU) with high abundance in NEC fecal sa...

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Main Authors: Sara Paveglio, Nagender Ledala, Karim Rezaul, Qingqi Lin, Yanjiao Zhou, Anthony A. Provatas, Erin Bennett, Tristan Lindberg, Melissa Caimano, Adam P. Matson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1773743