[Use of Robolact and Linolac dry milk mixtures in the overall therapy of infants with acute intestinal infections].

The clinical efficacy of the dry milk mixtures "Robolact" and "Linolac" manufactured in Hungary was studied comprehensively in young children with acute intestinal infections. It was shown that "Robolact" has a good palatability and produces a satiation sensation. The children suffering from coli-infection, staphylococcal enterocolitis and mixed intestinal infection received different types of feeding. In children on "Robolact" feeding, the stool returned to normal over a shorter period of time which was equal to 10 (+/-2) days versus 16 (+/-3) days in children on natural feeding, and 12 (+/-5) days on feeding with kefir and its mixtures. The mixture "Linolac" given during the amelioration of acute clinical symptoms of the intestinal infection was tolerated more poorly that was manifested in regurgitations in part of children and in food refusals in 15% of the cases. Examination of the microflora revealed dysbacteriosis in all the patients with intestinal infections regardless the type of feeding. Substantial differences in the microflora composition concerned the anaerobic flora in both experimental and control groups. The children on natural feeding showed the decreased bifidoflora half as frequently as those on formula feeding.