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Table 2 Relative abundance of fecal bacterial groups for children with eczema by 2 years of age and their healthy controls

From: Molecular analysis of infant fecal microbiota in an Asian at-risk cohort–correlates with infant and childhood eczema

  

Healthy

Eczema by 2 years of age

Time points

Bacterial group

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

3 day

E.rectale - C. coccoides

21

0.27 (1.139)

19

ND

 

Clostridium leptum

21

3.08 (9.155)

19

ND

 

Bacteriodes-Prevotella

21

5.56 (11.654)

19

6.88 (19.386)

 

Bifidobacterium

21

29.35 (36.872)

19

15.88 (30.175)

 

Atopobium

21

0.44 (0.801)

19

0.86 (3.555)

 

Lactobacilli–Enterococci

21

3.22 (8.631)

19

0.49 (1.370)

 

Enterobacteriaceae

21

26.22 (35.55)

19

41.64 (37.819)

 

Clostridium perfringens

12

2.05 (7.093)

16

2.99 (8.137)

 

Clostridium difficile

12

ND

16

0.66 (2.365)

 

E.coli

11

14.17 (29.862)

16

34.98 (40.363)

1 month

E.rectale–C. coccoides

23

0.29 (0.589)

19

6.65 (18.510)

 

Clostridium leptum

23

ND

19

2.47 (9.339)

 

Bacteriodes-Prevotella

23

1.65 (3.309)

19

6.01 (16.408)

 

Bifidobacterium

23

41.27 (38.514)

19

28.38 (33.945)

 

Atopobium

23

6.52 (12.635)

19

2.32 (6.41)

 

Lactobacilli–Enterococci

23

2.74 (7.265)

19

7.98 (15.762)

 

Enterobacteriaceae

23

15.63 (23.726)

19

20.1 (23.837)

 

Clostridium perfringens

15

0.19 (0.751)

18

0.55 (1.482)

 

Clostridium difficile

15

ND

18

ND

 

E.coli

15

9.01 (18.952)

18

3.62 (4.631)

3 month

E.rectale–C. coccoides

28

5.45 (10.551)

24

7.43 (13.389)

 

Clostridium leptum

28

0.46 (1.590)

24

0.01 (0.059)

 

Bacteriodes-Prevotella

28

3.53 (7.845)

24

3.32 (5.126)

 

Bifidobacterium

28

55.86 (32.344)

24

54.21 (33.827)

 

Atopobium

28

10.19 (16.06)

24

3.72 (7.037)

 

Lactobacilli–Enterococci

28

2.77 (3.121)

24

2.62 (3.404)

 

Enterobacteriaceae

28

3.8 (7.222)

24

6.51 (10.024)

 

Clostridium perfringens

17

0.72 (1.547)

20

2.26 (6.246)

 

Clostridium difficile

17

ND

20

ND

 

E.coli

17

1.16 (2.725)

20

4.26 (10.987)

1 year

E.rectale–C. coccoides

27

30.40 (18.445)

24

31.25 (16.0.42)

 

Clostridium leptum

27

4.22 (7.022)

24

1.33 (3.047)

 

Bacteriodes–Prevotella

27

10.05 (10.082)

24

4.175 (6.049)

 

Bifidobacterium

27

28.88 (23.227)

24

27.92 (25.196)

 

Atopobium

27

5.91 (8.639)

24

5.05 (9.337)

 

Lactobacilli–Enterococci

27

1.57 (3.437)

24

1.45 (4.99)

 

Enterobacteriaceae

27

0.10 (0.3)

24

1.65 (3.162)

 

Clostridium perfringens

18

ND

24

0.30 (1.457)

 

Clostridium difficile

18

ND

22

0.07 (0.328)

 

E.coli

18

0.05 (0.129)

23

0.83 (2.22)

  1. ND, not detected.