A comparative study of gram-negative aerobic bacilli in the faeces of babies born in hospital and at home.
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.
D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004777:Environment; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011511:Proteus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*