[Comparative evaluation of intestinal microflora in infants on artificial feeding with various milk formulas].

The intestinal microflora was studied in 58 normal full-term infants kept on different types of feeding. The data obtained indicate that the transfer of infants from natural to artificial feeding was attended by changes in the intestinal biocenosis, with these changes being most demonstrable as a result of the use in the feeding of unadapted milk formulas. The feeding with adapted milk formulas (the acidophilic formula Malyutka, Malyutka with a new fatty composition, Detolact) compares very favourably with the feeding with unadapted formulas as regards its effect on the intestinal biocenosis.

[Fat excretion in infants in the 1st months of life, fed milk mixtures with a varying fat composition].

Daily excretion of fats with feces was examined in 56 healthy children of the first months of life fed milk mixtures with varying quantitative and qualitative fat composition comparatively to that in children on natural feeding. During feeding children with adapted milk mixtures (acidophilic and "Detolact"), excretion of fats with feces did not differ substantially from that seen during natural feeding, which provides evidence in favour of these products. The results described indicate the informative value of the indicator tested (fat excretion with feces) and the necessity of its use while evaluating the efficacy of the newly developed breast milk substitutes.