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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Gut microbiota & Preterm infants / Preterm labor (PL)

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The gut of preterm infants is initially colonized by bacteria, including nosocomial pathobionts from the hospital: staphylococci, enterococci, and enterobacteriaceae
Brooks et al. 2017 Nat. Commun. 8: 1814
Brooks et al. 2018 Microbiome 6: 112
Rao et al. 2021

These nosocomial pathobionts are abundant in the stool of premature infants. They often dominate the gut microbiome of their host and are transmitted between infants in the neonatal intensive care unit environment.
Brooks et al. 2014 Microbiome 2: 1
Gibson et al. 2016 Nat. Microbiol. 1: 160…

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Antibiotic exposure prevents acquisition of beneﬁcial metabolic functions in the preterm infant gut microbiome
Xu et al. 2022e Microbiome 10: 103
Developmental dynamics of the preterm infant gut microbiota and antibiotic resistome
Gibson et al. 2016 Nat. Microbiol. 1: 16024
Identical bacterial populations colonize premature infant gut, skin, and oral microbiomes and exhibit different in situ growth rates
Olm et al. 2017 Genome Res. 27: 601-612
Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants
Brooks et al. 2014 Microbiome 2: 1
Strain-resolved analysis of hospital rooms and infants reveals overlap between the human and room microbiome
Brooks et al. 2017 Nat. Commun. 8: 1814
The developing premature infant gut microbiome is a major factor shaping the microbiome of neonatal intensive care unit rooms
Brooks et al. 2018 Microbiome 6: 112
The resistance within: Antibiotic disruption of the gut microbiome and resistome dynamics in infancy
Thänert et al. 2022 Cell Host & Microbe 30: 675
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