Composition of Microbiota in Transient and Mature Human Milk: Significant Changes in Large for Gestational Age Group.

ABSTRACT: The composition of the human milk (HM) microbiota and, consequently, the microorganisms that are passed on to the infant through breastfeeding, can be influenced by various factors such as the mother's health and diet, gestational age, delivery mode, lactation stage, method of infant feeding, and geographical location. The aim of the Human Milk-Gest Study was to compare the microbiota of transient (postpartum 7-15 days) and mature HM (postpartum 45-90 days) of 44 mothers, and to investigate any potential changes associated with preterm birth, mode of delivery, and birth weight in relation to gestational age. The data were classified into five study groups: normal spontaneous delivery-term (NS-T) newborns, cesarean delivery-term (CS-T) newborns, preterm (PT) newborns (with a gestational age

SUBMITTER: Dinleyici M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10818272 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature