ABSTRACT
We used clinical bacteriological analysis and high-density DNA-microchips (PhyloChip) to study the quality and the quantity of commensal bacteria of the genus Escherichia in patients with familial mediterraneanfever (periodic disease). The intestinal microbiota of these patients contained a large number of operational taxonomic units of these bacteria. The study of antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli from the intestinal microbiota in patients with familial mediterranean fever reveald a large number of resistant and multiresistant isolates. Therapy with commercial probiotic Narine (Vitamax-E, Armenia) reduced the number of operational taxonomic units of commensal bacteria and the frequency of multiresistant isiolates. The mechanism of action of Narine probiotic on intestinal bacteria and their resistance to antibiotics is discussed
