| pubmed-article:1211716 | pubmed:abstractText | This work deals with the bacteriological study of an immunodeficient infant, delivered by aseptic cesarean section, and subsequently maintained in a plastic isolator. After a short period of germfree maintenance, several strains of bacteria were fortuitously introduced into the isolator, and became established in the infants' gastrointestinal tract. The qualitative and quantitative evolution of the fecal flora of this "heteroxenic" infant was followed for 170 days. Decontamination of the gastrointestinal tract was accomplished with a mixture of antibiotics, and the conditions of maintenance of sterility under antibiotic treatment were studied. | lld:pubmed |
