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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1996 42(6):324-326; doi:10.1093/tropej/42.6.324
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Throat Microflora in Breastfed and Formula-fed Infants

Tomiko Hokama, MD, PhD*, Isoe Hamamoto, M Hlth Sci*, Shizuhiro Takenaka, MD, PhD*, Kiyotake Hirayama, MD, PhD**, Asao Yara, MD, PhD** and Andrew Adjei, M Hlth Sci**

*Maternal & Child Health Department and Research Center of Comprehensive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903–01, Japan
**Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903–01, Japan
***Departments of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903–01, Japan

Most bacterial infections are caused by organisms that are already colonizing the host, and these infections commonly originate at site of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. However, little attention has been focused on the indigenous microflora of the respiratory tract in the infant.

We studied the throat microflora of healthy breastfed and formula-fed infants. The incidence of pathogenic bacterial isolation from breastfed infants (1 out of 23) was lower relative to infants fed formula (5 out of 14) The dominant bacteria in the throat flora isolated in both breastfed and formula-fed infants were alpna-haemolytic Streptococcus and gamma Streptococcus. These results suggest that breastmilk may be efficacious in preventing the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the throat.


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