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Colonization of the large bowel by Clostridium difficile in healthy infants: quantitative study

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Stark, P L, Lee, A, Parsonage, B D·1982·Infection and Immunity
DOI 10.1128/iai.35.3.895-899.1982PMC PMC351131
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Colonization of the large bowel of healthy infants by Clostridium difficile was studied. Feces were collected from five breast-fed aand five formula-fed infants throughout the first year of life, and levels of C. difficile were quantitated. Three breast-fed and five formula-fed infants were colonized for periods of between 8 and 42 weeks, and another infant harbored the organism only during week 1. Colonization of breast-fed infants commenced before or during weaning, with levels reaching 10(3) to 10(5) organisms per g of wet feces. Colonization of formula-fed infants commenced before solid foods were given, with levels of 10(3) to 10(7) organisms per g of wet feces. Isolates from eight of the babies were shown to produce cytotoxin in vitro. Single fecal specimens from 60 more children aged up to 4 years were also examined, and it was found that the carriage rate of C. difficile fell sharply after 1 year of age, although in the second year it was still higher than in adults. These findings are discussed in relation to the microbial ecology of the large bowel and the paradox that levels of C. difficile in the large bowel of healthy infants are similar to those causing pseudomembranous colitis in patients.

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Authors
Stark, P. L., Lee, A., & Parsonage, B. D.
Venue
Infection and Immunity
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Published
1982-03
Volume
35
Issue
3
Pages
895-899
ISSN
  • 0019-9567 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5522
DOI
10.1128/iai.35.3.895-899.1982
PMC
PMC351131
OpenAlex
W2102086074
Cited by
104
References
24
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
FWCI
10.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Infection and Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
Keywords
Clostridium difficile, intestinal colonization, infants, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, weaning, cytotoxin production, carriage rate, pseudomembranous colitis, fecal carriage
MeSH terms
Bacterial Toxins, Clostridium, Cytotoxins, Feces, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Intestine, Large, Prospective Studies, Time Factors

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