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Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Volume 3, 1990 - Issue 5
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Original Article

High Levels of Staphylococci in the Faeces of Breast-fed Babies

B. Kay AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
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R. Fuller AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK; Special Care Baby Unit, The Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, S09 4HA, UK
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A. R. Wilkinson AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
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M. Hall Special Care Baby Unit, The Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, S09 4HA, UK
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J. E. McMichael Special Care Baby Unit, The Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, S09 4HA, UK
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C. B. Cole AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
Pages 277-279 | Received 29 Jan 1990, Published online: 11 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

The faecal microflora of infants up to 10wk old was studied. Coliforms and streptococci colonised the gut early. Lactobacilli occurred only in a proportion of the babies but staphylococci were consistently present in large numbers.

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