Safety of vaginal microbial transfer in infants delivered by caesarean, and expected health outcomes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Clemente, Jose C ^a   Dominguez Bello, Maria Gloria ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL SEEDING; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

EID: 84962190555     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1707     Document Type: Letter

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