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SUBMITTER: Chen SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387401 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Shih-Yen SY Tsai Chi-Neu CN Lee Yun-Shien YS Lin Chun-Yuan CY Huang Kuan-Yeh KY Chao Hsun-Ching HC Lai Ming-Wei MW Chiu Cheng-Hsun CH
Scientific reports 20170411
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the microbiota of children with severe or complicated acute viral gastroenteritis (AGE). To that end, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology was used to sequence the 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene in 20 hospitalized pediatric patients with severe or complicated AGE and a further 20 otherwise healthy children; the fecal microbiome was then assessed. Comparative metagenomics data were analyzed by a Wilcoxon rank-sum test and hierarchical cluster ...[more]