[A method of determining the effect of breast milk on the adhesive properties of microorganisms]. / Metod opredeleniia vliianiia grudnogo moloka na adgezivnye svoistva mikroorganizmov.

The authors have modified the method for studies of the microorganism adhesive properties in the presence of breast milk; this modification is based on the ability of bacterial cells to adhere to the surface of human red cells of I (0) Rh (+) blood group. The study has revealed significant differences in the adhesion characteristics of S. aureus 209, B. bifidum I, and B. adolescentis MC-42 strains in the presence of breast milk of women with normal babies and of those whose babies suffered from intestinal dysfunctions.

[Creating the optimal microecology of the intestines in premature newborn infants with the sour-milk mixture "biphilin"]. / Optimizatsiia mikroekologii kishechnika nedonoshennykh novorozhdennykh detei kislomolochnoi smes'iu "bifilin".

The paper is concerned with formation of intestinal biocenosis in premature infants and with approaches to the correction of its disorders with the aid of biphilin, a special mixture prepared from sour milk. Ninety newborns showed the derangement of biocenosis of various intensity by the 6th to the 10th day of life. Application of biphilin for 2 to 6 weeks as part of the multimodality treatment of such children made the intestinal microflora return to normal.

[Characteristics of higher nervous activity in young children, cholesterol metabolism and state of the adrenal cortex]. / Osobennosti vysshei nervnoi deiatel'nosti u detei rannego vozrasta, obmen kholesterina i sostoianiia kory nadpochechnikov.

The relationship was established between cholesterol metabolism, adrenocortical function and the typological features of the higher nervous activity in children. Cholesterol metabolism was found to correlate with the type of the higher nervous activity. The children with deficient force and mobility of the nervous processes showed a decrease of glucocorticoid function of the adrenal cortex, proneness to an elevation of the cholesterol level in blood serum and delay of its excretion with feces. This dictates the necessity of developing special diets for the group of children under consideration.