Abstract
Twenty-seven reference subjects without any therapy, 17 with oral Ampicillin therapy and 33 with oral Ampicillin therapy plus different commercially available preparations of oral bacteriotherapy were studied clinically and their faeces analysed microbiologically. No cases of pseudomembranous colitis were observed; the majority of infants with only Ampicillin therapy showed a moderate increase in stool frequency. Oral bacteriotherapy given in high dosages and with definite characteristics reduces stool frequency during antibiotic therapy. It inhibits the lowering of faecal flora induced by Ampicillin and restablishes the equilibrium of the intestinal ecosystem, thus preventing excessive growth of organisms already present and/or superinfection with antibiotic-resistant flora.
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Zoppi, G., Deganello, A., Benoni, G. et al. Oral bacteriotherapy in clinical practice. Eur J Pediatr 139, 18–21 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00442072
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