Comparative analysis of fecal microbiota in infants with and without eczema

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hong, Pei Ying ^a,b   Lee, Bee Wah ^b   Aw, Marion ^b   Shek, Lynette Pei Chi ^b   Yap, Gaik Chin ^b   Chua, Kaw Yan ^b   Liu, Wen Tso ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDETES; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AGE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE FACTORS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CESAREAN SECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECZEMA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; METAGENOME;

EID: 77956307084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009964     Document Type: Article

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