The host-microbiome supraorganism appears to have coevolved and the unperturbed
microbial component of the dyad renders host health sustainable. This coevolution has likely …

Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a catastrophic disease of preterm infants, and
microbial dysbiosis has been implicated in its pathogenesis. Studies evaluating the …

Perturbations to the infant gut microbiome during the first weeks to months of life affect
growth, development and health. In particular, assembly of an altered intestinal microbiota …

The gut microbiome is established in the newborn period and is recognised to interact with
the host to influence metabolism. Different environmental factors that are encountered …

Neonatal colonization by microbes, which begins immediately after birth, is influenced by
gestational age and the mother's microbiota and is modified by exposure to antibiotics. In …

Throughout the human lifetime, the intestinal microbiota performs vital functions, such as
barrier function, metabolic reactions, trophic effects, and maturation of the host's innate and …

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The infant gut microbiota undergoes dramatic changes during the first 2 years of life. The
acquisition and development of this population can be influenced by numerous factors, and …

Almost immediately after a human being is born, so too is a new microbial ecosystem, one
that resides in that person's gastrointestinal tract. Although it is a universal and integral part …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outcomes after prolonged empirical antibiotic administration
to premature infants in the first week of life, and concluding subsequent late onset sepsis …