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Rectal Swabs from Critically Ill Patients Provide Discordant Representations of the Gut Microbiome Compared to Stool Samples

The role of the gut microbiome in critical illness is being actively investigated, but the optimal sampling methods for sequencing studies of gut microbiota remain unknown. Stool samples are generally considered the reference standard but are not practical to obtain in the intensive care unit (ICU),...

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Autores principales: Fair, Katherine, Dunlap, Daniel G., Fitch, Adam, Bogdanovich, Tatiana, Methé, Barbara, Morris, Alison, McVerry, Bryan J., Kitsios, Georgios D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6656869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00358-19