[Comparative evaluation of intestinal microflora in infants on artificial feeding with various milk formulas]

The intestinal microflora was studied in 58 normal full-term infants kept on different types of feeding. The data obtained indicate that the transfer of infants from natural to artificial feeding was attended by changes in the intestinal biocenosis, with these changes being most demonstrable as a result of the use in the feeding of unadapted milk formulas. The feeding with adapted milk formulas (the acidophilic formula Malyutka, Malyutka with a new fatty composition, Detolact) compares very favourably with the feeding with unadapted formulas as regards its effect on the intestinal biocenosis. However, artificial feeding is inferior to natural feeding that exerts a more favourable action on the development of intestinal microflora, both anaerobic and aerobic. This attests to the necessity of further improvement of the biological properties of bady food.