Care and observation of a germ-free neonate.

@article{Barnes1969CareAO,
  title={Care and observation of a germ-free neonate.},
  author={Robert D. Barnes and Arnon Bentovim and S Hensman and Alina T Piesowicz},
  journal={Archives of Disease in Childhood},
  year={1969},
  volume={44},
  pages={211 - 217},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4638651}
}
The medical and nursing care of the infant during the period of investigation is described here, and it was postulated that the infant's immunological state would be relatively immature in the absence of foreign antigenic stimulation from the normal bacterial flora.
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