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(2015) Diana A. Chernikova et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

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A Novel Molecular Microbiologic Technique for the Rapid Diagnosis of Microbial Invasion of the Amniotic Cavity and Intra-Amniotic Infection in Preterm Labor with Intact Membranes

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Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation

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Bacterial Diversity in Meconium of Preterm Neonates and Evolution of Their Fecal Microbiota during the First Month of Life

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Diversified Microbiota of Meconium Is Affected by Maternal Diabetes Status

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The impact of the microbial load of genital mycoplasmas and gestational age on the intensity of intraamniotic inflammation

(2012) Marian Kacerovsky et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals the Incomplete, Short-Term Recovery of Infant Gut Microbiota following Parenteral Antibiotic Treatment with Ampicillin and Gentamicin

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Meconium microbiota types dominated by lactic acid or enteric bacteria are differentially associated with maternal eczema and respiratory problems in infants

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(2012) Samuli Rautava et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Probiotics Modulate Host-Microbe Interaction in the Placenta and Fetal Gut: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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Prenatal animal contact and gene expression of innate immunity receptors at birth are associated with atopic dermatitis

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Recognition of peptidoglycan from the microbiota by Nod1 enhances systemic innate immunity

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Maternal consumption of fructo-oligosaccharide diminishes the severity of skin inflammation in offspring of NC/Nga mice

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(2008) Takuya Suzuki et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Children with egg allergy have evidence of reduced neonatal CD4+CD25+CD127lo/− regulatory T cell function

(2008) Miranda Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

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Is meconium from healthy newborns actually sterile?

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