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

05 February 2021 : Clinical Research

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

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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of each group.

	N (n=10)	A (n=10)	P (n=10)	AP (n=10)
Birth weight (kg)^*	2.23±0.27	2.02±0.40	2.10±0.35	2.19±0.51
Gestational age (week)^*	35.08±0.45	33.94±1.56	34.32±1.50	33.86±2.21
Sex n (%)^*
Male	6 (60%)	5 (50%)	6 (60%)	7 (70%)
Female	4 (40%)	5 (50%)	4 (40%)	3 (30%)
Data are presented as means±standard deviation or percentages as appropriate. n – number; 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). ^* >0.05.

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