The initial colonization of the neonatal intestinal tract is influenced by delivery mode,
feeding, the maternal microbiota, and a host of environmental factors. After birth, the …

In spite of a large number of randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials and observational
cohort studies including> 50,000 preterm infants from 29 countries that have demonstrated a …

Background Gestational age (GA) and associated level of gastrointestinal tract maturation
are major factors driving the initial gut microbiota composition in preterm infants. Besides …

Objective Feeding tubes harbor microbial contaminants; studies to date have not explored
differences between orogastric (OG) and nasogastric (NG) tube biofilms. We sought to …

Abstract Background Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB) are a critical
public health threat globally; however, there are inadequate surveillance data, especially in …

Introduction Preterm birth is a growing problem worldwide. Staying at a neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU) after birth is critical for the survival of preterm infants whose feeding often …

Background Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often require feeding tubes
(FT) for weeks to months. Because FTs are in near constant contact with human milk and/or …

Despite their great benefits for debilitated patients, indwelling devices are prone to become
easily colonized by resident and opportunistic microorganisms, which have the ability to …

Background Various microorganisms which increase the mortality rate in the intensive care
unit (ICU) cause microbial colonization of the nasogastric tube (NGT) and use the NGT as a …

Over the past two decades, it has become clear that against earlier assumptions, the
respiratory tract is regularly populated by a variety of microbiota even down to the lowest …