Marked Changes in Gut Microbiota in Cardio-Surgical Intensive Care Patients: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Marked Changes in Gut Microbiota in Cardio-Surgical Intensive Care Patients: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Background: Virtually no studies on the dynamics of the intestinal microbiota in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are published, despite the increasingly recognized important role of microbiota on human physiology. Critical care patients undergo treatments that are known to influen...

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Main Authors: Heleen Aardema, Paola Lisotto, Alexander Kurilshikov, Janneke R. J. Diepeveen, Alex W. Friedrich, Bhanu Sinha, Anne Marie G. A. de Smet, Hermie J. M. Harmsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
gut microbiota
intestinal microbiota
16S rRNA gene sequencing
intensive care unit
critically ill
longitudinal study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00467/full

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