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A prospective study of 45 infants, evenly divided for mode of delivery and type of feeding, was undertaken. Stools were obtained at 10 and 30 days(d) of age and specific culture media used to allow quantitative assessment of the following organisms: coliforms(C), enterococci, staphylococci, lactobacilli(L), bifidobaeteria(B) and total anaerobes. L and B were further differentiated using gas liquid chromatography. The results were as follows:
** (when present) No influence of mode of delivery or feeding method was found. The results support the findings of two recent studies which suggested that an ecological change may have occurred in Northern Europe to the effect that bifidobacteria are no longer the predominant organism in the stool of the majority of normal infants during the first month of life.
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Hall, M., Cole, C., Fuller, R. et al. 101: CHANGING PATTERN OF EARLY STOOL BACTERIAL COLONISATION?. Pediatr Res 24, 277 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198808000-00126
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198808000-00126