What is it about?
Common medical interventions for mothers during delivery, and for infants postnatally, perturb the microbial composition of the infant gut.
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Why is it important?
Disruptions to the microbial composition of the infant gut can have long-lasting consequences in later life. Further work to identify strategies to restore the infant gut microbiota following clinically indicated perinatal medical interventions are needed.
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This page is a summary of: Chapter 4 The impact of birth and postnatal medical interventions on infant gut microbiota, July 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-839-1_4.
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