Gut Microbial Diversity in Antibiotic-Naive Children After Systemic Antibiotic Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Thuy Doan,
Ahmed M. Arzika,
Kathryn J. Ray,
Sun Y. Cotter,
Jessica Kim,
Ramatou Maliki,
Lina Zhong,
Zhaoxia Zhou,
Travis C. Porco,
Benjamin Vanderschelden,
Jeremy D. Keenan,
Thomas M. Lietman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix141
Subject(s) - azithromycin , medicine , placebo , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , antibiotics , microbiome , diversity index , population , gastroenterology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bioinformatics , pathology , species richness , ecology , alternative medicine , environmental health
Antibiotic exposure can alter the gut microbiome. We evaluate the effects of azithromycin on the gut microbiome diversity of children from an antibiotic-naive community in Niger.
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