Longitudinal Survey of Microbiota in Hospitalized Preterm Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants.
Longitudinal Survey of Microbiota in Hospitalized Preterm Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants.
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DOI:
10.1097/mpg.0000000000000913
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发表时间:
2016-02
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Keshavarzian A
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作者:
Patel AL;Mutlu EA;Sun Y;Koenig L;Green S;Jakubowicz A;Mryan J;Engen P;Fogg L;Chen AL;Pombar X;Meier PP;Keshavarzian A
To examine the changes in bacteria in hospitalized preterm infants over the first month of life. Rectal swabs were collected daily from 12 preterm infants. DNA was extracted from swabs from day of birth and weekly thereafter. Bacterial taxa were identified with next generation sequencing using universal bacterial primers targeted at the 16S rDNA on a 454 Roche titanium platform. Sequences were clustered into operational taxonomic units (OTUs), and taxonomy was assigned against the Greengenes databank using Qiime1.4. Quantitative PCR was used to determine the abundance of Bifidobacterium spp. Functional assessment of the microbiome was performed with PICRUSt. Average birth weight and gestational age were 1055g and 28 weeks, respectively. There were 6-35 different bacterial families identified in the day of birth samples, unrelated to mode of delivery. Richness decreased over hospitalization (week 1: 16.9±7.7 vs. weeks 3-5: 10.7±3.4, p<0.001). The Shannon diversity index demonstrated lowest diversity at birth, an increase at week 2, followed by a rapid decline at weeks 3-5, suggesting development of a more uniform microbiota composition after 2 weeks of NICU stay. Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcaceae, and Enterococcaceae constituted the majority of the bacterial families. Bifidobacterium spp. were infrequently detected at very low levels. PICRUSt analysis revealed enhancement of peroxisome, PPAR and adipocytokine signaling; plant-pathogen interaction; and aminobenzoate degradation pathways in week 1 samples. Our results suggest that while preterm infants have individualized microbiota that are detectable at birth, the differences decrease during the neonatal intensive care unit hospitalization with increasing prominence of pathogenic microbiota.