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Lost in translation: Cesarean antibiotics and the infant microbiome.

Erin E BolteAlexa M SassinKjersti M Aagaard
Published in: Cell host & microbe (2024)
In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Sinha et al. describe their randomized trial assessing whether antibiotics given for maternal benefit prior to Cesarean disrupted the infants' microbiomes. Despite pre-incision antibiotics reaching the neonate, there was no meaningful alteration to the infant microbiome-especially when compared with breastmilk feeding.
Keyphrases
  • single cell
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  • pregnancy outcomes
  • physical activity
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  • mesenchymal stem cells
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