Perinatal Antibiotic Exposure Affects the Transmission between Maternal and Neonatal Microbiota and Is Associated with Early-Onset Sepsis

ABSTRACT Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk of infection to a mother and neonate, but antibiotic-mediated maternal and neonatal microbiota dysbiosis increases other health risks to newborn infants. We studied the impact of perinatal antibiotic prophylaxis on the microbiota in mother...

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Main Authors: Ping Zhou, Yanxia Zhou, Bin Liu, Zhenchao Jin, Xueling Zhuang, Wenkui Dai, Zhenyu Yang, Xin Feng, Qian Zhou, Yanhong Liu, Ximing Xu, Lian Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-02-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00984-19