Culture-Independent Evaluation of the Appendix and Rectum Microbiomes in Children with and without Appendicitis

• Hope T. Jackson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hope T. Jackson, Emmanuel F. Mongodin

  Affiliation Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Emmanuel F. Mongodin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hope T. Jackson, Emmanuel F. Mongodin

  Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Katherine P. Davenport,

  Current address: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America; Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Claire M. Fraser,

  Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Anthony D. Sandler,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Steven L. Zeichner

  * E-mail: zeichner@gwu.edu

  Affiliations Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC, United States of America, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

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