The importance of the development of the intestinal microbiota in infancy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 794-800

  Vael, Carl ^a   Desager, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Infant; Intestinal microbiota; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HELPER CELL; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANCY; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; OBESITY; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 74549117702     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e328332351b     Document Type: Review

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