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. 2018 May 4;5:135. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00135

Table 2.

Genera of bacteria reported to be differentially abundant in [Bäckhed et al. (51), Sakwinska et al. (49), Penders et al. (52), Tun et al. (68), and Azad et al. (50)] cesarean section delivered (CSD) infants compared to vaginally delivered (VD) infants across five studies.

Genus Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) Cesarean section delivery
4 days 3 weeks 1 month 4 months 1 year



Bäckhed et al. Sakwinska et al. Penders et al. Tun et al. Bäckhed et al. Azad et al. Bäckhed et al.
Actinomyces
Aggregatibacter
Anaerococcus
Anaerostipes
Bacillus
Bacteroides ↓(63)a, (64)b, (66)d
Bifidobacterium ↓(64)b, (65)b, (67)c
Bilophila
Blautia
Brevundimonas
Butyrivibrio
Capnocytophaga
Citrobacter
Clostridium ↑(63)a (67)c
Collinsella ↓(63)a
Comamonas
Cronobacter
Deinococcus
Delftia
Enterobacter
Enterococcus ↑(63)a
EscherichiaShigella ↑(64)b
Eubacterium
Faecalibacterium ↑(63)a
Granulicatella
Haemophilus
Klebsiella
Lactobacillus ↓(67)c
Macrococcus
Parabacteroides ↓(63)a
Paraprevotella
Propionibacterium
Proteus
Providencia
Pseudomonas
Rothia ↑(63)a
Staphylococcus
Stenotrophomonas
Streptococcus ↑(63)a (64)b
Veillonella ↑(63)a
↓(64)b

aAntibiotic not specified.

bAmpicillin.

cAmpicillin and gentamycin.

dVarious antibiotics.

↑ indicates a significant increase in relative abundance in CSD infants compared to VD infants. ↓ indicates a significant decrease in relative abundance in CSD infants compared to VD infants. These disturbances are compared with disturbances associated with IAP as reported in six studies (6267).