| Backhed, F., et. al., (2015). [44] |
Sweden, Denmark, China, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Hong Kong |
Mode of delivery; feeding; age |
98 mother-infant (full-term) pairs |
Maternal stool sample at delivery; infant stool sample during the first days of life and at 4 and 12 months. |
Bacteroides were absent in the C-section delivered newborns; Gut microbiota of infants delivered by C-section were less resemblance to their mothers, compared to vaginally delivered infants. |
| Biasucci G., et. al., (2010). [17] |
Italy |
Mode of delivery |
46 full-term infants: 23 - C-section delivered; 23 - vaginal delivered infants |
Stool samples at first 3 days of life. |
The gut flora of C-section and vaginally delivered infants were significantly different; C-section delivered infants had an absence of Bifidobacteria sp. |
