Mei Zhang, Dan Miao, Qi Ma, Tao Chen, Tuanmei Wang, Shuyuan Yan, Wendan Zhu, Fan Zhou, Jun He, Xiaoni Kuang
Laboratory and clinical studies have revealed the importance of gut microbiota in children with severe pediatric pathological conditions such as severe acute malnutrition (SAM); however, under relatively milder conditions such as, failure to thrive (FTT), the role of the gut microbiota remains poorly characterized. Here, we analyzed stool samples from 54 subjects with a clinical diagnosis of failure to thrive (FTT), 49 preterm subjects with corrected normal growth (NFTT-pre), and 49 healthy subjects (NFTT) between 3-12 months of age using 16S rRNA gene sequencing...
2022: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology