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Missing Microbes in Infants Born by Cesarean Section

University College Cork · 2019
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General adult healthy pregnant females in total 400, as well as their infants will be recruited. It is expected 67% will be vaginally delivered and 33% will be C Section deliveries. It is expected that of these groups that 40% of these women will be treated with antibiotics during their pregnancy. All C Section women (including emergency C Section) will be treated with IV Cefazolin at the time of incision, in theatre, to prevent internal wound infection. Primary objective The effect of maternal antibiotic administration during pregnancy upon the development of the intestinal microbiota until the age of two years; of C-section delivered infants compared to C-section delivered infants born to non-antibiotic treated pregnant women. To develop a cohort of vaginally delivered infants to isolate the 'missing microbes' (intestinal) in the groups above. Secondary objective The effect of maternal antibiotics on the developing infant by: * Anthropometric assessment: Body weight and Body length * Bayley scale of infant development test at age 2 years Ancillary * To isolate and characterise bacterial strains from fresh healthy infant faeces that are altered in the stools from C-section delivered and antibiotic treated infants and compared to vaginally delivered infants. * The effect of maternal antibiotic treatment on the human milk microbiome during lactation * Stress hormone levels of mothers and infants * Mental health questionnaire of mothers * Food frequency questionnaire of mothers Exploratory * To identify bacterial strains that can be further developed into probiotic products to help replenish depleted microbiota in the infant gut, born by C Section and or treated with antibiotics
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