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Transmission of Lactobacillus jensenii and Lactobacillus acidophilus from mother to child at time of delivery.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 1 ·No. 2 ·1975-02-00 ·Pages 124-8

Carlsson J, Gothefors L

Abstract

The presence of Lactobacillus jensenii and Lactobacillus acidophilus has been studied in specimens from the rectum and vagina of the mother, from the mouth of the infant at the time of delivery, and from the mouth and rectum of infants six days of age. L. jensenii could be differentiated from other species of lactobacilli by the following combination of characteristics: production of only D-lactate, hydrolysis of arginine, and fermentation of cellobiose, galactose, and ribose, but not of lactose. L. jensenii and L. acidophilus were common inhabitants of the vagina. In spite of a contamination of the infant's mouth by L. jensenii and L. acidophilus during delivery, neither of these organisms became established in the mouth of the newborn infants.

MeSH Terms
Adult Bacterial Infections/transmission Delivery, Obstetric Female Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Newborn, Diseases/transmission Lactobacillus/classification,isolation & purification Lactobacillus acidophilus/classification,isolation & purification Mouth/microbiology Pregnancy Rectum/microbiology Time Factors Vagina/microbiology
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Carlsson J
Gothefors L
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.1.2.124-128.1975
Published
1975-02-00
Pages
124-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC274985
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.1.2.124-128.1975 PMC Full Text View journal details
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