Fecal microbiota in premature infants prior to necrotizing enterocolitis.

Intestinal luminal microbiota likely contribute to the etiology of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a common disease in preterm infants. Microbiota development, a cascade of initial colonization events leading to the establishment of a diverse commensal microbiota, can now be studied in preterm infa...

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Main Authors: Volker Mai, Christopher Michael Young, Maria Ukhanova, Xiaoyu Wang, Yijun Sun, George Casella, Douglas Theriaque, Nan Li, Renu Sharma, Mark Hudak, Josef Neu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3108958?pdf=render