Butyrate Producers in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Neither Culture-Proven Sepsis nor Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Severe infection (sInfection; either late-onset culture-proven sepsis or necrotizing enterocolitis) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants increases mortality rates and may show long-term progression. The fecal microbiome composition in VLBW infants with and without sInfection was classified in the sInfection and non-sInfection groups. Methods: Gut microbiomes, secondary information from a previous randomized trial, were analyzed using QIIME 2 software. The biodiversity and abundance of the gut microbiota between the sInfection and non-sInfection groups were compared. Results: Fifty-one neonates were included in the sInfection (n = 9) and non-sInfection (n = 42) groups; no significant differences in the fecal microbiome were observ

SUBMITTER: Thatrimontrichai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12029688 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature