Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions on Fecal Bacterial Patterns and Their Association with Asthma

1 Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Vaccines for Africa Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 5 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 6 Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O’SulliVan Research Centre, Ontario, Canada, 7 Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 8 Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 9 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 12 Medical Research Council Unit on Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 13 National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa