[The incidence of pathological microbial colonization and the adaptational characteristics of newborns with intrauterine hypotrophy]. / Chastota patologicheskoi mikrobnoi kolonizatsii i osobennosti adaptatsii novorozhdennykh s vnutriutrobnoi gipotrofiei.

A total of 103 full-term small-for-date newborns were examined, as was a control group of normal full-term babies born to healthy mothers. Bacteriologic studies carried out in 148 newborns revealed most frequently Klebsiella, enterobacteria, Proteus, staphylococci, yeast fungi, and various associations thereof. If such microflora is found in small-for-date newborns, prophylactic antibiotic therapy is advisable to prevent the development of grave infections.