[Composition of the intestinal microflora in children with hypotrophy].

The intestinal microflora was investigated in 120 children aged 1 month to 2 years with different forms of hypotrophy. The majority of the children demonstrated an impairment of intestinal biocenosis manifesting by dysbacteriosis of different gravity. The relationship was discovered between the depth of the dysbiotic abnormalities and the underlying etiological factor that promoted the development of the chronic nutrition distress, hypotrophy gravity, the type of feeding, and treatment. The treatment of hypotrophy with bacterial drug inclusion made the children's intestinal microflora return to normal or appreciably improved it. The dysbiotic abnormalities in children with hypotrophy should be regarded as the result of the long-term use of antibacterial therapy (not justified in all the cases) in this patients' group, of inadequate feeding, and a considerable decrease of the body resistance.