Fig. 3
From: Dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota in neurocritically ill patients and the risk for death
Dynamic changes in the intestinal microbiota of neuroICU patients. a PCoA plot illustrating the grouping patterns of the samples collected at admission and discharge. The “+” represents the mean and SD of the group. The distances between every “+” represent the dissimilarities between these two groups. b The diversity of the microbiota, presented as the Shannon index, was calculated from 50 paired samples collected within 72 h at admission and at discharge. ***, p < 0.001. c, d Temporal changes in the Shannon index (c) and PD–whole tree index (d) of the neuroICU group followed longitudinally every week during neuroICU hospitalization. e, f Temporal changes in the Bray–Curtis distance (e) and unweighted UniFrac distance (f) of the neuroICU group followed longitudinally every week during neuroICU hospitalization. PCoA principal coordinate analysis, SD standard deviation, PD phylogenetic diversity, neuroICU neurological intensive care unit