"Vaginal seeding" of infants born by caesarean section

Affiliations

¹ Section of Paediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London W2 1PG, UK a.cunnington@imperial.ac.uk.
² Section of Paediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London W2 1PG, UK.
³ St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
⁵ St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia.

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Aubrey J Cunnington et al. BMJ. 2016.

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. 2016 Feb 23:352:i227.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.i227.

¹ Section of Paediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London W2 1PG, UK a.cunnington@imperial.ac.uk.
² Section of Paediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London W2 1PG, UK.
³ St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
⁵ St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia.

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Safety of vaginal microbial transfer in infants delivered by caesarean, and expected health outcomes.
Clemente JC, Dominguez-Bello MG. Clemente JC, et al. BMJ. 2016 Mar 31;352:i1707. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1707. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27033374 No abstract available.
Study provides evidence that "vaginal seeding" of infants born by caesarean partially restores microbiota.
Lokugamage A. Lokugamage A. BMJ. 2016 Mar 31;352:i1737. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1737. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27033562 No abstract available.
Author's reply to Banda and Lokugamage.
Cunnington AJ. Cunnington AJ. BMJ. 2016 Mar 31;352:i1738. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1738. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27033946 No abstract available.
Offering women safer options than "vaginal seeding" for infants born by caesarean section.
Banda C. Banda C. BMJ. 2016 Mar 31;352:i1734. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1734. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27034463 No abstract available.