The mode of delivery affects the diversity and colonization pattern of the gut microbiota during the first year of infants' life: A systematic review

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rutayisire, Erigene ^a   Huang, Kun ^a,b   Liu, Yehao ^a   Tao, Fangbiao ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Bifidobacterium; Caesarean section; Clostridium; Delivery mode; Firmicutes; Gut microbiota; Infants; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84982824335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-016-0498-0     Document Type: Article

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