Clinical Study

S100A12 and hBD2 Correlate with the Composition of the Fecal Microflora in ELBW Infants and Expansion of E. coli Is Associated with NEC

Figure 1

Development of the composition of the fecal microbiota in healthy ELBW infants. Proportions of the investigated microbiota at the age of one (a), two (b), three (c), and four (d) weeks. C. difficile prevalence declined during this period from 33 to 19% which is reflected by a similar decline of medium C. difficile proportion from 9 to 4%. Data is expressed as median with interquartile range.
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