Normal neonatal microbiome variation in relation to environmental factors, infection and allergy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 753-759

  Madan, Juliette C ^a   Farzan, Shohreh F ^b   Hibberd, Patricia L ^c   Karagas, Margaret R ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; infection; microbiome; neonate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BREAST FEEDING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION; METAGENOME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84870059689     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32835a1ac8     Document Type: Review

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