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Association of Neonatal and Maternal Nasal Microbiome Among Neonates in the Intensive Care Unit

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The neonatal nasal microbiota may help protect neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit from pathogen colonization and infection. This preliminary study characterized the biodiversity of nasal microbiota comparing neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit and their mothers, highlighting the potential of strain sharing between mother-neonate pairs.

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae644

Authors: Shaoming Xiao, Wei Zhou, Ryan Caldwell, Slade Decker, Julia Oh, Aaron M Milstone

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Neonatal and Maternal Infections

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,256