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Initial microbial colonization in the
alimentary tract of a new – born baby in different modes of
parturition
I. Joseph and A. J. A. Ranjit Singh*
Department of Advanced
Zoology and Biotechnology, Sri Paramakalyani College,
Alwarkurichi,
Tamilnadu, India,
Pin - 627 412.
*Corresponding author.
E-mail:
singhspkc@gmail.com.
Tel: 09443451076.
Accepted 26 October, 2009 |
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The intestinal microflora is
a positive health asset that crucially influences the normal
structural and functional development of the mucosal immune
system. In the new born, the colonization of microbes in the
alimentary system starts as soon as the womb comes out. A
study on the early colonized bacterial species in a new -
born will help to understand the immuno protective functions
in the new-born. The initial colonization of bacterial
population in the alimentary tract of a new-born baby varied
according to the mode of child birth. In the alimentary
tract of the normally delivered baby, beneficial probiotic
microbial invasion in the intestinal region is high and such
microbes are mostly from the mother. In a surgically (Caesarian)
delivered baby, the alimentary tract receives mostly non
beneficial microbes from the environment and hence such
babies are susceptible to infection.
Key words:
Lactobacillus, new-born, probiotic, immune system,
nosocomial infection, Caesarian, normal child birth. |
