Longitudinal assessment of antibiotic resistance gene profiles in gut microbiomes of infants at risk of eczema

• Main Authors: Loo, Evelyn Xiu Ling, Zain, Amanda, Yap, Gaik Chin, Purbojati, Rikky Wenang, Drautz-Moses, Daniela Isabel, Koh, Yanqing Michelle, Chong, Yap Seng, Tan, Kok Hian, Gluckman, Peter D., Yap, Fabian, Eriksson, Johan Gunnar, Tham, Elizabeth, Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Schuster, Stephan Christoph, Banerjee, Ritu, Lee, Bee Wah
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Antibiotic Resistance Genes; Resistome
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146310
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: While there is increasing knowledge about the gut microbiome, the factors influencing and the significance of the gut resistome are still not well understood. Infant gut commensals risk transferring multidrug-resistant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) to pathogenic bacteria. The rapid...