Bacterial Translocation in Neonatal Rats: The Relation Between Intestinal Flora, Translocated Bacteria, and Influence of Milk

Abstract

The frequency with which species of bacteria were cultured from mesenteric lymph nodes and other peripheral sites did not mirror the composition of the intestinal flora. Among the translocated bacteria, Staphylococcus may be especially hard to recognize and difficult for the host-defense systems to destroy. Breast-feeding inhibited systemic bacterial translocation in the suckling period of the rat.