Diet and the faecal microflora of infants, children and adults in rural Nigeria and urban U.K.
The faecal microflora of breast-fed infants, weaned children and adults has been examined in rural Nigeria and urban U.K. Breast-fed infants had a similar anaerobic flora dominated by bifidobacteria but bacteroides were isolated in less than a quarter of either community. Weaned children in both communities had greater numbers of bacteroides and clostridia than breast-fed infants. Even higher numbers of bacteroides and clostridia were present in U.K. adults but not in Nigerian adults. Numbers of bacteroides and clostridia were greater in a group of Nigerian infants drinking cow's milk than those receiving breast milk alone and lower in a group of weaned children with diarrhoea compared with uninfected subjects.
D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology; D004032:Diet; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012424:Rural Population; D006113:United Kingdom; D014505:Urban Population; D014886:Weaning