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The effect of an acidified, modified powdered cow's milk infant formula on diarrhoeal disease and on asymptomatic carriers was evaluated for six mmths. The acid taste of tine milk was rejected during the first week of study by 39.7% of infants older than 6, months. The experimental group (G1) was formed by 82 infants, and 104 infants, Who received the same formula although non acidified, served, as controls (G2). Weight/Age was above 80% of the standard for age (NOHS) in all children at the begining of the study and remained so throughout it. The incidence of diarrhoea was lower in G1 (p<0.001). The proportion of days in which children suffered from acute diarrhoea, and the duration of the episodes were also decreased in the children who were fed acidified milk (p<0.001). The rate of detection of entyeropathogens and the species identified were comparable in both groups. Carrier rates for bacterial enteropathogens decreased along time in the group receiving acidified milk while they increased in the controls (p<0.001). Carrier rates for enteroparasites increased with age. These results suggest that acidified milk exerts a protective effect against the bacterial contamination of the environment.
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Brunser, O., Araya, M., Espinoza, J. et al. 16. EFFECT OF AN ACIDIFIED MILK ON DIARRHOEAL DISEASE AN THE CARRIER STATE IN INFANTS OF THE LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRATUM. Pediatr Res 23, 649 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198806000-00039
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198806000-00039