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Table 5 Oral colonization of selected bacteria in mothers and their infants, 6 months after vaginal delivery (V) or C-section (CS)

From: Salivary microflora and mode of delivery: a prospective case control study

Strain

CS

V

A. naeslundi

NS

NS

A. odontolyticus

NS

0.43

B. dentinum

0.54

0.28

F. nucleatum

NS

NS

L. casei

NS

NS

L. denticariosa

NS

0.45

L. salivarius

NS

NS

S. gordonii

0.48

0.36

S. mitis

0.59

0.32

S. mutans

0.85

0.36

S. salivarius

0.71

0.48

S. sanguinis

NS

0.56

V. parvula

NS

NS

  1. The values in table denote Spearman two-tailed correlation coefficient. NS Not statistically significant