[Human colostrum in the prevention of diarrhea and necrotizing enterocolitis].

The effect of human colostrum in the prevention of diarrhea and necrotizing enterocolitis, as well as the advantages of its use in gastroenteritis, was studied in 71 premature newborns. The frequency of diarrhea and enterocolitis in 16 healthy newborns who were given human colostrum (group II), was less than in the 22 healthy newborns who received only cows milk (group I), but without statistical significance. In 25 infants with diarrhea who were given human colostrum, the frequency of enterocolitis and sepsis (group IV) was less than in the 8 infants with diarrhea who didn't receive human colostrum (group III). At the end we suggest that human colostrum should be given in high risk infants in order to decrease the frequency of diarrhea and enterocolitis and we also make some recommendation as to how to obtain and store human colostrum.