Vaginal seeding after cesarean birth: Can we build a better infant microbiome?

Jeannie C Kelly; Lila S Nolan; Misty Good

doi:10.1016/j.medj.2021.07.003

Vaginal seeding after cesarean birth: Can we build a better infant microbiome?

Med. 2021 Aug 13;2(8):889-891. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.07.003.

Authors

Jeannie C Kelly¹, Lila S Nolan², Misty Good³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: mistygood@wustl.edu.

PMID: 35590163
DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.07.003

Abstract

In this issue of Med, Song et al. compared 174 maternal and 177 infant microbiota after vaginal and cesarean delivery, including 30 vaginally seeded cesarean-born infants. Vaginal seeding partially corrected the microbial divergence observed between cesarean- and vaginal-born infant microbiomes. Infant microbiota resembled corresponding maternal sites, despite delivery mode or seeding.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Cesarean Section / adverse effects
Female
Humans
Infant
Microbiota* / genetics
Pregnancy
Vagina

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