Acquisition, Divergence, and Personalization of the Female Perineal Microbiomes Are Driven by Developmental Milestones and Disrupted by Urinary Tract Infection: A Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Elizabeth J. Lucas (Author), Christina B. Ching (Author), Shweta Saraswat (Author), Shareef M. Dabdoub (Author), Purnima P. Kumar (Author), Sheryl S. Justice (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The pediatric perineal microbiomes inhabit a dynamic environment with changes related to diet, toileting habits, and hormonal development. We hypothesized that next-generation sequencing would reveal different perineal bacterial signatures associated with developmental milestones in pr...