The Microbiota of the Extremely Preterm Infant

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 407-427

  Underwood, Mark A ^a   Sohn, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysbiosis; Intestinal tract; Late onset sepsis; Microbiota; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Oral cavity; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COLOSTRUM; COMMENSAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBE; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GASTRIC MICROBIOTA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MOUTH FLORA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN FLORA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRACHEAL MICROBIOTA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; SKIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DYSBIOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA; MOUTH; NEONATAL SEPSIS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; SKIN;

EID: 85016062184     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2017.01.005     Document Type: Review

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