Infant formula with cow's milk fat and prebiotics affects intestinal flora, but not the incidence of infections during infancy in a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Background: The postnatal intestinal colonization of human milk-fed and formula-fed infants differs substantially, as does the susceptibility to infectious diseases during infancy. Specific ingredients in human milk, such as prebiotic human milk oligosaccharides and a specifically structured fat composition with high proportion of beta-palmitic acid (beta-PA) promote the growth of intestinal bifidobacteria, which are associated with favorable effects on infants' health. The present study investigates whether addition of prebiotic galactooligosaccharides (GOS) in combination with higher amounts of beta-PA from cow's milk fat in infant formula positively affects gut microbiota and the incidence of infections in formula-fed infants.

Adequacy and safety of α-lactalbumin-enriched low-protein infant formula: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to demonstrate suitability and safety of an infant formula enriched with α-lactalbumin with a reduced protein content of 1.89 g protein/100 kcal.

Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind controlled trial with 80 healthy newborn infants who were assigned to receive either an isocaloric low- or high-protein content formula (1.

Molecular typing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing to six antimicrobials of Clostridium difficile isolates from three Czech hospitals in Eastern Bohemia in 2011-2012.

In 2011-2012, a survey was performed in three regional hospitals in the Czech Republic to determine the incidence of Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) and to characterize bacterial isolates. C. difficile isolates were characterized by PCR ribotyping, toxin genes detection, multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA), and antimicrobial susceptibility testing to fidaxomicin, vancomycin, metronidazole, clindamycin, LFF571, and moxifloxacin using agar dilution method.

[Intraindividual variability of uroflowmetry in women].

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the intraindividual variability of uroflowmetric measurement in women with normal lower urinary tract function.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Departure of obstetrics and gynecology University Hospital and Medical Faculty Ostrava.

Incidence of the urological tumours in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate the incidence of urological malignancies in MS patients using active screening.

Material And Methods: A total of 495 MS patients (141 men, 354 women, age of 42±13.4) were included in the study.