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Little is known about the neonatal intestinal resistome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The objective of this study was to investigate the intestinal resistome and factors that influence the abundance of ARGs in a large cohort of neonates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Shotgun metagenomics was used to analyse the resistome in stool samples collected at 1\u2005week of age from 390 healthy, term-born neonates who did not receive antibiotics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, 913 ARGs belonging to 27 classes were identified. The most abundant ARGs were those conferring resistance to tetracyclines, quaternary ammonium compounds, and macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin-B. Phylogenetic composition was strongly associated with the resistome composition. 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