A comparative study of gram-negative aerobic bacilli in the faeces of babies born in hospital and at home
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 84 (1) , 91-96
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400026565
Abstract
SUMMARY: Examination of the faeces of 50 babies born at home showed that bottle-fed babies carried significantly more Klebsiella, Proteus and Pseudomonas spp. and antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli than did breast-fed babies. Bottle-fed babies born in hospital had a less mixed faecal flora than bottle-fed babies born at home. The possibility that bacterial contamination of home-prepared feeds may account for these differences requires investigation.Keywords
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