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SUBMITTER: Braun T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5430810 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Braun Tzipi T Di Segni Ayelet A BenShoshan Marina M Asaf Roy R Squires James E JE Farage Barhom Sarit S Glick Saar Efrat E Cesarkas Karen K Smollan Gill G Weiss Batia B Amit Sharon S Keller Nathan N Haberman Yael Y
Scientific reports 20170424 1
Hospitalized patients are at increased risk for acquiring healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and inadequate nutrition. The human intestinal microbiota plays vital functions in nutrient supply and protection from pathogens, yet characterization of the microbiota of hospitalized patients is lacking. We used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to characterize the global pattern of microbial composition of fecal samples from 196 hospitalized patients with suspected infectious diarrhea in comparison to ...[more]