Nature Communications (Jan 2021)
Neonatal antibiotic exposure impairs child growth during the first six years of life by perturbing intestinal microbial colonization
- Atara Uzan-Yulzari,
- Olli Turta,
- Anna Belogolovski,
- Oren Ziv,
- Christina Kunz,
- Sarah Perschbacher,
- Hadar Neuman,
- Edoardo Pasolli,
- Aia Oz,
- Hila Ben-Amram,
- Himanshu Kumar,
- Helena Ollila,
- Anne Kaljonen,
- Erika Isolauri,
- Seppo Salminen,
- Hanna Lagström,
- Nicola Segata,
- Itai Sharon,
- Yoram Louzoun,
- Regina Ensenauer,
- Samuli Rautava,
- Omry Koren
Affiliations
- Atara Uzan-Yulzari
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University
- Olli Turta
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital
- Anna Belogolovski
- Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University
- Oren Ziv
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University
- Christina Kunz
- Institute of Child Nutrition, Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food
- Sarah Perschbacher
- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Hadar Neuman
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University
- Edoardo Pasolli
- Department CIBIO, University of Trento
- Aia Oz
- Migal – Galilee Research Institute
- Hila Ben-Amram
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University
- Himanshu Kumar
- Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku
- Helena Ollila
- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku
- Anne Kaljonen
- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku
- Erika Isolauri
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital
- Seppo Salminen
- Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku
- Hanna Lagström
- Department of Public Health, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital
- Nicola Segata
- Department CIBIO, University of Trento
- Itai Sharon
- Migal – Galilee Research Institute
- Yoram Louzoun
- Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University
- Regina Ensenauer
- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Samuli Rautava
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital
- Omry Koren
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20495-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
In this study, Omry Koren, Samuli Rautava and colleagues report a sex-specific association between neonatal antibiotic exposure and weight and height gain during the first six years of life and showing that boys but not girls exposed to neonatal antibiotics exhibit impaired weight and height development.
