05 February 2021>: Clinical Research
Effects of Antibiotic Treatment and Probiotics on the Gut Microbiome of 40 Infants Delivered Before Term by Cesarean Section Analysed by Using 16S rRNA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequencing
Chen Gong 1DEF , Liqi Yang 1G , Kangkang Liu 1C , Shichun Shen 2F , Qixing Zhang 1B , Han Li 1B , Yan Cheng 1A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928467
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e928467
Figure 5 Predicted phenotype of gut microbiota of preterm infants delivered by cesarean section in the 4 groups at 1, 3, and 10 days. (A) Aerobic bacteria relative abundance. (B) Anaerobic bacteria relative abundance. (C) biofilm-forming bacteria relative abundance. N - the N group (No-probiotics and No-antibiotics); A – the A group (antibiotics); P – the P group (probiotics); AP – the AP group (antibiotics+probiotics). Day1 – One day after birth; day3 – Three days after birth; day10 – Ten days after birth. NS – means no significant differences. * P<0.05.