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The human microbiota and infection prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

R. Araos  and
Erika M.C. D’Agata Open the ORCID record for Erika M.C. D’Agata [Opens in a new window]
R. Araos
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, and Millennium Nucleus for Collaborative Reseach on Bacterial Resistance (MICROB-R), Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
Erika M.C. D’Agata*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
*
Author for correspondence: Erika M.C. D’Agata, Email: edagata@lifespan.org
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Abstract

The human microbiome participates in numerous aspects of human physiology and disease states. Recently, studies have begun to explore the role of the microbiome in colonization, infection and transmission of pathogens. This review provides a summary of the methodological principles used in microbiome studies and the published evidence of the impact of microbiome dysbiosis in infection prevention.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , May 2019 , pp. 585 - 589
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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