Table 5.
Genus/species differences between sensitized and nonsensitized children
| Probe | Taxonomic group | Difference at age (days)a: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 120 | 360 | 720 | ||
| 1_1_3 | Parabacteroides | 1 | 0.866 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1_2_2 | Bacteroides (B. dorei, B. fragilis, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. vulgatus) | 1 | 0.884 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1_3_3 | Bacteroides (B. dorei, B. fragilis, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. vulgatus) | 0.756 | 0.488 | 0.206 | 0.741 |
| 2_1_1 | Haemophilus | 0.783 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 2_3_2 | Gammaproteobacteria subgroup | 0.668 | 0.347 | 1.000 | 0.494 |
| 2_4_1 | Gammaproteobacteria subgroup | 0.182 | 0.622 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 2_5_1 | Gammaproteobacteria subgroup | 0.695 | 0.913 | 0.870 | 0.949 |
| 2_7_1 | Salmonella | 0.754 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 4_2_3 | Lactobacillus subgroup | 0.938 | 0.909 | 1.000 | 0.405 |
| 4_3_1 | Clostridium ramosum | 0.786 | 0.765 | 0.828 | 0.537 |
| 4_4_2 | Enterococcus, Listeria | 0.9736 | 0.020 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 4_6_1 | Streptococcus sanguinis | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.038 | 0.689 |
| 4_8_1 | Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus | 0.084 | 0.169 | 1.000 | 0.935 |
| 5_1_2 | Staphylococcus | 0.847 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.399 |
| 6_1_4 | Bifidobacterium longum | 0.097 | 0.066 | 0.016 | 0.837 |
| 6_2_2 | Bifidobacterium breve | 0.711 | 0.679 | 0.844 | 0.784 |
a
The significances of differences were determined by permutation testing. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are in boldface, while differences in the range 0.05 < P < 0.1 are italicized.