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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025

Associations between antibiotic exposure intensity, intestinal microbiome perturbations, and outcomes in premature neonates with bacteremia.

Hope Hendricks, Shani Israel, Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, Suman Pakala, Seesandra Rajagopala, Ritu Banerjee

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6 authors.

Hope HendricksDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Shani IsraelDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3227-0844
Jörn-Hendrik WeitkampDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Suman PakalaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5156-0823
Seesandra RajagopalaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Ritu BanerjeeDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. ritu.banerjee@vumc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-7430

Funding

Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) -Identifying correlates of functional immunity in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasmaUL1TR002243 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Paul A. Harris, Wesley H Self · 2017 to 2026
$130.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002243Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) 5UL1TR002243-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeonatal microbiome dysbiosis is associated with infectious complications.

methodsProspective weekly stools were collected over 1 year from hospitalized preterm infants with birthweight ≤2000 g and postnatal age (PNA) ≤2 months. Neonates with bacteremia (cases) were matched to uninfected controls. Stools were analyzed using whole metagenome sequencing. Intensity of antibiotic exposure was compared using an Antibiotic Spectrum Index (ASI).

resultsWe analyzed 398 stools from 40 cases and 39 controls. Cases had lower α diversity beyond 4 weeks PNA. Cases with subsequent infections after index bacteremia had persistently lower α diversity, while cases without subsequent infections demonstrated recovery of microbiome diversity. Compared to controls, cases had greater ASI at multiple timepoints, higher Enterococcus spp. and lower anaerobe abundance.

conclusionsCompared to controls, premature neonates with bacteremia had intestinal microbiomes with lower α diversity, higher Enterococcus spp. and lower anaerobe abundance. These changes were associated with recurrent infectious complications.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaDysbiosisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeInfant, Premature, DiseasesCase-Control StudiesEnterococcusFecesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMaleProspective StudiesAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID40490486
PMCPMC12316594

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