Reduced gut microbial diversity in early life is associated with later development of eczema but not atopy in high-risk infants

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 674-681

  Ismail, Intan H ^a,b,c   Oppedisano, Frances ^a   Joseph, Shayne J ^b   Boyle, Robert J ^a,b,d   Licciardi, Paul V ^a,b   Robins Browne, Roy M ^a,b,e   Tang, Mimi L K ^a,b,e  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atopy; Diversity; Eczema; Gut microbiota; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECZEMA; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; PARENTS; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84868193133     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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