THE GROWING MICROBIOME
An invisible ecosystem is blooming inside your child.
From birth to age 14 — trillions of microbes write life's first code.
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0 – 14 days
The first code is written
The mode of delivery seeds the first colonizers. Diversity is low.
For clinicians
Dominant: Enterobacterales, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus. C-section infants more often carry opportunists (C. difficile, Enterococcus, Klebsiella, Veillonella); vaginal birth transfers the mother's vaginal and faecal flora.
What shapes the microbiome?
A few early factors change how the ecosystem assembles.
Why it matters
A healthy microbiome supports many facets of a child's development.
MAKE IT MEASURABLE
Measure this invisible world
EnteroBiome Kids maps your child's gut microbiome with Real-Time PCR.
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