Factors influencing the composition of the intestinal microbiota in early infancy

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 511-521

  Penders, John ^a   Thijs, Carel ^a,b   Vink, Cornelis ^c   Stelma, Foekje F ^c   Snijders, Bianca ^b   Kummeling, Ischa ^b   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Stobberingh, Ellen E ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Bacterial colonization; Infant; Intestinal microbiota; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIBLING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; BABY FOOD; BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FECES; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME DELIVERY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748415364     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2824     Document Type: Article

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