Bifidobacteria and Escherichia coli Microbiota of Healthy Indonesian Infants in Andalas Village: Profile of Infant Diet Given Exclusive Breastfed and Formula-fed

Abstract

INTRODUCTION : Inbalance of microbiota in gastrointestinal tract have the risk of getting gastrointestinal infections, one of them is diarrhea.
 AIM : The aim of this study was to determine bifidobacterium and eschericia coli microbiota and compare the microbiota obtained between exclusive breast fed and formula fed Indonesian infants village andalas.
 METHODS : This study was an observational study with cross sectional comparative design. Samples faeses of infant was taken by Multistage Simple Random Sampling with total sample of 28 infants in range 0-6 months. This study was conducted in Pauh community health center areas, Village Andalas . The infant’s feces was taken then send to Microbiology Laboratorium of Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang city, Indonesia. The instruments used were a questionnaire and a colony counter. Data were processed and analyzed by using independent t test and Mann Whitney test.
 RESULTS : The fecal microbiota of the 0-6 months Indonesian infants village andalas two species including bifidobacterium and eschericia coli were common commensal intestinal microbiota in all infants. The predominant intestinal microbiota in the breast fed infants bifidobacterium average 3,59 x 109 CFU/g (p < 0,05). the mean eschericia coli microbiota from the formula fed infants 66,8 x 109 CFU/g (p < 0,05)
 CONCLUSION : Exclusive breastfeeding infant’s faeses contain more bifidobacteria and formula breastfed infant’s faeces contain more escherichia coli bacteria. These findings advance our understanding of the gut microbiota in healthy infants. They also provide new evidence infant diet as determinants of this essential microbial community in early life

Macro and Micronutrients of Purple Sweet Potato Flour as Material Raw Complementary Feeding

“…Factors affect milk quality among them are feed supplementation with other food resources which changes the macro and micro components [1,2]. Exclusive breastfeeding infant's feces contain more bifidobacteria, after 6 months, infant must get MP-ASI [3]. Adequate nutrition during complementary feeding is important for the growth, developmen0074 and well-being of children.…”