Long Term Development of Gut Microbiota Composition in Atopic Children: Impact of Probiotics

N. B. M. M. Rutten; D. M. W. Gorissen; A. Eck; L. E. M. Niers; A. M. Vlieger; I. Besseling-van der Vaart; A. E. Budding; P. H. M. Savelkoul; C. K. van der Ent; G. T. Rijkers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137681

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Long Term Development of Gut Microbiota Composition in Atopic Children: Impact of Probiotics

N. B. M. M. Rutten ,

* E-mail: n.rutten@antoniusziekenhuis.nl

Affiliations Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Department of Pediatrics, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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D. M. W. Gorissen,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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A. Eck,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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L. E. M. Niers,

Current Address: Department of Pediatrics, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, the Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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A. M. Vlieger,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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I. Besseling-van der Vaart,

Affiliation Winclove Probiotics BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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A. E. Budding,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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P. H. M. Savelkoul,

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Nutrition & Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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C. K. van der Ent,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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G. T. Rijkers

Affiliation Department of Sciences, University College Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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Long Term Development of Gut Microbiota Composition in Atopic Children: Impact of Probiotics

N. B. M. M. Rutten,
D. M. W. Gorissen,
A. Eck,
L. E. M. Niers,
A. M. Vlieger,
I. Besseling-van der Vaart,
A. E. Budding,
P. H. M. Savelkoul,
C. K. van der Ent,
G. T. Rijkers

Published: September 17, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137681

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