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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 243, 期 1, 页码 141-147出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.052
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Bifidobacterium; Escherichia coli; Clostridium difficile; real-time PCR; intestinal microbiota; breastfeeding; infant formula
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To determine the influence of either exclusive breast-feeding or formula feeding on both composition and quantity of the gut microbiota in infants, we have developed real-time, quantitative PCR assays for the detection of Bifidobacterium spp. and Clostridium difficile. Furthermore, we have monitored the prevalence and counts of Escherichia coli by applying a previously described real-time PCR assay. We found all 100 infants tested to be colonized by Bifidobacterium spp. The bifidobacterial counts were comparable between the 50 breast-fed and 50 formula-fed infants with median values of 10.56 log(10) and 10.24 log(10) CFU g(-1) wet weight faeces, respectively. C. difficile was detected in 14% of the breast-fed and 30% of the formula-fed infants. In addition, the C. difficile counts were significantly lower in breast-fed infants than in the formula-fed group (median values of 3.28 log(10) and 7.43 log(10) CFU g(-1), respectively; p = 0.03). The prevalence of E. coli in the breast-fed and formula-fed group was 80% and 94%, respectively. Also, the E coli counts in colonized infants was significantly lower in the breast-fed infants than in the formula-fed group (median values of 9.11 log(10) and 9.57 log(10) CFU g(-1), respectively; p = 0.004). We conclude that the prevalence and counts of C. difficile as well as E. coli are significantly lower in the gut microbiota of breast-fed infants than in that of formula-fed infants, whereas the prevalence and counts of Bifidobacterium spp. is similar among both groups. (C) 2004 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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