Household siblings and nasal and fecal microbiota in infants.
Kohei HasegawaRachel W LinnemannJonathan M MansbachNadim J AjamiJanice A EspinolaLauren G FiechtnerJoseph F PetrosinoCarlos A CamargoPublished in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2016)
In this cross-sectional study, infants with siblings were more likely to have a Moraxella-dominant nasal microbiota profile and Bifidobacterium-dominant fecal microbiota profile. These findings should facilitate further investigation of the interplay between early-life environmental exposure, the microbiome, and childhood asthma.