Prenatal and postnatal antibiotic exposure influences the gut microbiota of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units

• Main Authors: Zhi-Hui Zou (Author), Dong Liu (Author), Hong-Dong Li (Author), Dan-Ping Zhu (Author), Yu He (Author), Ting Hou (Author), Jia-Lin Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To explore the influences of prenatal antibiotic exposure, the intensity of prenatal and postnatal antibiotic exposure on gut microbiota of preterm infants and whether gut microbiota and drug resistant strains in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) over a defined period are r...