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SUBMITTER: Hourigan SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7699457 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 20200501 5
Parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis (PNAC) causes serious morbidity in the neonatal intensive care unit. Infection with gut-associated bacteria is associated with cholestasis, but the role of intestinal microbiota in PNAC is poorly understood. We examined the composition of stool microbiota from premature twins discordant for PNAC as a strategy to reduce confounding from variables associated with both microbiota and cholestasis. Eighty-four serial stool samples were included from 4 twin ...[more]