Airway microbiome dynamics and relationship to ventilator-associated infection in intubated pediatric patients.
Keiko M TarquinioTodd J KarsiesSteven L SheinAndrew BeardsleyRobinder KhemaniAdam SchwarzLincoln SmithHeidi FloriOliver KaramQuy CaoZainab HaiderEkaterina SmirnovaMyrna G SerranoGregory A BuckDouglas F WillsonPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2021)
Our data demonstrate decreasing alpha diversity with increasing VAIN score and days of intubation. No specific microbiome pattern was associated with clinically diagnosed VAI.