Clostridioides difficile Colonization Is Differentially Associated With Gut Microbiome Profiles by Infant Feeding Modality at 3-4 Months of Age
Colonization with occurs in up to half of infants under the age of 3 months, is strongly influenced by feeding modality and is largely asymptomatic. In spite of this, 's presence has been associated with susceptibility to chronic disease later in childhood, perhaps by promoting or benefiting fr...
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Published in | Frontiers in immunology Vol. 10; p. 2866 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
11.12.2019
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Summary: | Colonization with
occurs in up to half of infants under the age of 3 months, is strongly influenced by feeding modality and is largely asymptomatic. In spite of this,
's presence has been associated with susceptibility to chronic disease later in childhood, perhaps by promoting or benefiting from changes in infant gut microbiome development, including colonization with pathogenic bacteria and disrupted production of microbial bioactive metabolites and proteins. In this study, the microbiomes of 1554 infants from the CHILD Cohort Study were described according to
colonization status and feeding mode at 3-4 months of age.
colonization was associated with a different gut microbiome profile in exclusively breastfed (EBF) vs. exclusively formula fed (EFF) infants. EBF infants colonized with
had an increased relative abundance of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, decreased relative abundance of Bifidobacteriaceae, greater microbiota alpha-diversity, greater detectable fecal short chain fatty acids (SCFA), and lower detectable fecal secretory Immunoglobulin A (sIgA) than those not colonized. Similar but less pronounced differences were seen among partially breastfed infants (PBF) but EFF infants did not possess these differences in the gut microbiome according to colonization status. Thus, breastfed infants colonized with
appear to possess a gut microbiome that differs from non-colonized infants and resembles that of EFF infants, but the driving force and direction of this association remains unknown. Understanding these compositional differences as drivers of
colonization may be important to ensure future childhood health. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 Present Address: Hein M. Tun, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China This article was submitted to Nutritional Immunology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Immunology Reviewed by: Christopher James Stewart, Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Miguel Gueimonde, Institute of Dairy Products of Asturias (IPLA), Spain; Silvia Turroni, University of Bologna, Italy Edited by: Maria Carmen Collado, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spain |
ISSN: | 1664-3224 1664-3224 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02866 |