Gut microbiome in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) differs from that in healthy comparison babies and offers an explanation for the risk factor of prone position

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 735-741

  Highet, Amanda R ^a   Berry, Anne M ^b   Bettelheim, Karl A ^c   Goldwater, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department SA Pathology at the Women's and oChildren's Hospital   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbiome; Prone risk factor; SIDS; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BODY POSTURE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INNOCUUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH JUICE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84903814913     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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