Fig. 4
From: Changes in the gut bacterial communities in colon cancer surgery patients: an observational study
PCoA of beta-diversity of bacterial communities. Each data point on the chart represents a patient-sample combination. A Differences between preoperative rectal swabs, intraoperative luminal swab and postoperative (day 3) rectal or stoma (asterisk) swabs. The five pre- or postoperative samples from the subjects who received carbapenem prophylaxis are connected by dashed lines. Other patients (including all stoma patients) received standard prophylaxis (cefuroxime + metronidazole). B Differences between patients