Bacterial load in meconium.

ABSTRACT: The spike-in plasmid method was utilized to perform an analysis on meconium and second-pass feces, yielding both relative and absolute quantitative results. With the absolute quantitative data, the abundance of bacteria in 17 meconium samples and 17 second-pass fecal samples were found to be 1.14 × 10⁷ and 1.59 × 10⁹ copies/g, respectively. The mode of delivery can significantly influence the alterations and compositions of gut bacteria in a newborn within 72 h.

SUBMITTER: Jin WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989067 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature