The human microbiome and its potential importance to pediatrics

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 950-960

  Johnson, Coreen L ^a   Versalovic, James ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysbiosis; Human microbiome; Metagenome; Microbiota; Pediatric diseases; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRMICUTES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT NUTRITION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MOUTH FLORA; PEDIATRICS; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; METAGENOME; MILK, HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84860569299     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2736     Document Type: Review

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