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

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

Jeannie C Kelly  1 , Lila S Nolan  2 , Misty Good  3
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Vaginal seeding after cesarean birth: Can we build a better infant microbiome?

Jeannie C Kelly et al. Med. .
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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.

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Declaration of interests None of the funding sources had any role in this manuscript. M.G. serves as a Scientific Advisory Council Member for the NEC Society and also as a member of the Clinical and Technology Advisory Board for Astarte Medical. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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