Effect of feeding on infants' faecal flora

In newborn English Infants, the predominant faecal bacteria were coliforms and bacteroides, as shown by Gram film, culture, and gas-liquid chromatography, whether they were bottle fed or exclusively breast fed. This contrasted with bifidobacterial predominance in faeces from breast-fed Nigerian infa...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1982-01, Vol.57 (1), p.54-58
Main Authors: Simhon, A, Douglas, J R, Drasar, B S, Soothill, J F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteroides
Bacteroides - isolation & purification
Bottle Feeding
Breast Feeding
Chromatography, Gas
England
Escherichia coli - isolation & purification
Feces - microbiology
Humans
Hypersensitivity, Immediate - microbiology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Nigeria
Staphylococcus - isolation & purification
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Summary:In newborn English Infants, the predominant faecal bacteria were coliforms and bacteroides, as shown by Gram film, culture, and gas-liquid chromatography, whether they were bottle fed or exclusively breast fed. This contrasted with bifidobacterial predominance in faeces from breast-fed Nigerian infants. Presumably environmental factors other than exclusive breast feeding are also important for establishing the flora. No differences were detected between the flora of infants of atopic and non-atopic controls.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044