Transmission of mother’s microflora to the newborn at birth

Neonatology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-35

  Mändar, Reet ^a   Mikelsaar, Marika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Delivery; Microflora; Newborn; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030031911     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000244275     Document Type: Article

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