[A trial of using a dry bifidobacterin preparation with newborn risk groups to prevent acute intestinal infections].

The dried preparation of bifidumbacterin was administered to newborn infant during 4-6 days of their stay in a maternity clinic. The test group consisted of 110 infants and the control group, of 115 infants. Bacteriological studies indicated that the administration of bifidumbacterin produced a positive effect on the formation of the intestinal microflora in infants. During the first 3 months of life the registered cases of acute enteric infections among the children of the test group were 3 times less frequent than among the children of the control group. A perceptible prophylactic effect produced by this preparation with respect to purulent septic infections of the skin and the buccal mucosa was also noted.