Background: Gut microbial diversity and composition play important roles in health. This cross-sectional study was designed to test the hypothesis that hospitalized children who may be relatively immu
Stable microbe and host interactions are established during the development of the infant gut microbial community that provide essential functions for the efficient digestion of food, immune developme
Formula feeding, compared with breastfeeding, has been shown to alter the development of the gut microbiome, but no previous study has examined the impact of formula type. This study identified differ