Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies

KM Kennedy, MC de Goffau, ME Perez-Muñoz… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Whether the human fetus and the prenatal intrauterine environment (amniotic fluid and
placenta) are stably colonized by microbial communities in a healthy pregnancy remains a …

The human intestinal microbiome in health and disease

SV Lynch, O Pedersen - New England journal of medicine, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
The Human Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease | New England Journal of Medicine
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A critical assessment of the “sterile womb” and “in utero colonization” hypotheses: implications for research on the pioneer infant microbiome

ME Perez-Muñoz, MC Arrieta, AE Ramer-Tait, J Walter - microbiome, 2017 - Springer
After more than a century of active research, the notion that the human fetal environment is
sterile and that the neonate's microbiome is acquired during and after birth was an accepted …

Development of the gut microbiota in infancy and its impact on health in later life

M Tanaka, J Nakayama - Allergology International, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
abstract Gut microbial ecology and function are dynamic in infancy, but are stabilized in
childhood. The 'new friends' have a great impact on the development of the digestive tract …

Acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis: definition, pathologic features, and clinical significance

CJ Kim, R Romero, P Chaemsaithong… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Acute inflammatory lesions of the placenta consist of diffuse infiltration of neutrophils at
different sites in the organ. These lesions include acute chorioamnionitis, funisitis, and …

Temporal and spatial variation of the human microbiota during pregnancy

DB DiGiulio, BJ Callahan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Despite the critical role of the human microbiota in health, our understanding of microbiota
compositional dynamics during and after pregnancy is incomplete. We conducted a case …

Microbial changes during pregnancy, birth, and infancy

M Nuriel-Ohayon, H Neuman, O Koren - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Several healthy developmental processes such as pregnancy, fetal development, and infant
development include a multitude of physiological changes: weight gain, hormonal, and …

[HTML][HTML] Explaining the Black-White disparity in preterm birth: a consensus statement from a multi-disciplinary scientific work group convened by the March of Dimes

P Braveman, TP Dominguez, W Burke… - … in Reproductive Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In 2017–2019, the March of Dimes convened a workgroup with biomedical, clinical, and
epidemiologic expertise to review knowledge of the causes of the persistent Black-White …

Management of neonates with suspected or proven early-onset bacterial sepsis

RA Polin, Committee on Fetus and Newborn… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
With improved obstetrical management and evidence-based use of intrapartum
antimicrobial therapy, early-onset neonatal sepsis is becoming less frequent. However, early …

Viral infections during pregnancy

M Silasi, I Cardenas, JY Kwon, K Racicot… - American journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Viral infections during pregnancy have long been considered benign conditions with a few
notable exceptions, such as herpes virus. The recent Ebola outbreak and other viral …