Maternal Bacterial Engraftment in Multiple Body Sites of Cesarean Section Born Neonates after Vaginal Seeding—a Randomized Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT Children delivered by elective, prelabor Cesarean section (C-section) are not exposed to the birth canal microbiota and, in relation to vaginally delivered children, show altered microbiota development. Perturbed microbial colonization during critical early-life windows of development alter...

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Main Authors: Noel T. Mueller, Moira K. Differding, Haipeng Sun, Jincheng Wang, Shira Levy, Varsha Deopujari, Lawrence J. Appel, Martin J. Blaser, Tanima Kundu, Ankit A. Shah, Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, Suchitra K. Hourigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00491-23