Is a foetus developing in a sterile environment?

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 572-579

  Wassenaar, T M ^a   Panigrahi, P ^b  

^a Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Breast milk; Neonatal sepsis; Newborn colonization; Placenta microbiome; Placental microbiome; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BREAST MILK; COLONISATION; MICROBIOME; NEONATAL SEPSIS; NEWBORN COLONIZATION; PLACENTA MICROBIOME; PLACENTAL MICROBIOME; PRETERM BIRTH;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOME; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL MICROBIOME; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; BACTERIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE BIRTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIOTA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84916942144     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12334     Document Type: Article

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