title: [The microbial colonization pattern of newborn infants. What is its significance? Results of a study at a district hospital in the Gera district].
abstract: A microbiological investigation was performed under standardized conditions both on mother and child for total of 151 births, 112 of which being classified as normal, the remainder of 39 as risk births. Significant differences were found between the microbial colonization patterns for normal and risk births, respectively, as judged from cultures of smears from maternal cervices and from their neonates. In addition, colonization patterns of the newborn children turned out to be age-dependent. No correlation between the colonization pattern of the neonatal surface and infections of the newborn infants has been found.
authors.affiliation: Bezirkshygieneinstitut, Gera.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheven
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Das mikrobielle Besiedlungsmuster Neugeborener. Welche Bedeutung kommt ihm zu? Ergebnisse einer Studie an einem Kreiskrankenhaus des Bezirkes Gera.