Childhood antibiotic treatments reduce diversity, stability of intestinal microbiota

Posted by on June 22, 2016 2:47 pm
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A project followed the development of 39 Finnish infants from birth to the age of three. Half of the children received 9-15 antibiotic treatments during the research period, and the other half did not receive any such treatments. Stool samples were collected from the children monthly between the ages of 2 and 36 months, for a total of 1069 samples.

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