Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a life-threatening disease that predominantly affects very
low birth weight preterm infants. Development of NEC in preterm infants is accompanied by …

Wastewater surveillance (WS), when coupled with advanced molecular techniques, offers
near real-time monitoring of community-wide transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and allows …

Preterm birth remains a major maternal and infant health issue worldwide particularly with
an increase in the global preterm birth rate, which requires more interventions to manage …

Preterm infants with very low birthweight are at serious risk for necrotizing enterocolitis. To
functionally analyse the principles of three successful preventive NEC regimens, we …

This study aimed to evaluate the difference in gut microbiomes between preterm and term
infants using third-generation long-read sequencing (Oxford Nanopore Technologies, ONT) …

The aim of this work was to achieve a better understanding of the bacterial pathogens
associated with stillbirths that would serve to inform clinical interventions directed at …

Importance The effects of probiotic interventions on colonization with resistant bacteria and
early microbiome development in preterm infants remain to be clarified. Objective To …

Recently, the intrauterine sterile environment theory has been questioned. Growing
evidence shows that microbial in utero pioneer gut colonization could occur prebirth, and …

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the compositional differences of the first
passed meconium microbiome in preterm and term infants, and the secondary aim was to …

One of the most important bioactive components of breast milk are free breast milk
oligosaccharides, which are a source of energy for commensal intestinal microorganisms …