Respiratory Microbiome of New-Born Infants.

Mechanically ventilated preterm infants exposed to chorioamnionitis appear to have decreased species diversity in their tracheal aspirates although the trend did not reach statistical significance compared to unexposed infants ( 23 ).

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The much lower bacterial load in the lungs compared to the gut make the role of colonizing microorganism derived proteinases less likely to be significant in pulmonary diseases, but this remains uncertain.

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