Vaginal Lactobacillus spp. Dominance in Late Pregnancy and Neonatal Anthropometric Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study
Oana Liliana Atomei, Andrei Lobiuc, Petronela Vicoveanu, Maricela Cobuz, Monica Tarcea · 2026
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Oana Liliana Atomei and co-authors studied vaginal bacteria in late pregnancy and newborn size in a 2026 paper. A vagina dominated by Lactobacillus germs is seen as healthy, but links to newborn body measures were mostly untested outside gene studies. The team enrolled 144 mother and newborn pairs at a Romanian hospital in 2025. Simple stained smears judged whether these germs dominated.
Birth weight, length, and head size were recorded for each baby. In simple comparisons, germ dominance showed no link with birth weight or length. The team then ran adjusted models that account for the mother's traits and pregnancy length, plus extra checks of the result. Careful null findings matter: they stop clinics from over-reading a common test result in late pregnancy.
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| CREATOR | Oana Liliana Atomei, Andrei Lobiuc, Petronela Vicoveanu, Maricela Cobuz, Monica Tarcea |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44988 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |