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Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG-supplemented formula expands butyrate-producing bacterial strains in food allergic infants.
Dietary intervention with extensively hydrolyzed casein formula supplemented with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (EHCF+LGG) accelerates tolerance acquisition in infants with cow's milk allergy (CMA). We examined whether this effect is attributable, at least in part, to an influence on the gut microbiota. Fecal samples from healthy controls (n=20) and from CMA infants (n=19) before and after treatment with EHCF with (n=12) and without (n=7) supplementation with LGG were compared by 16S rRNA-based operational taxonomic unit clustering and oligotyping. Differential feature selection and generalized linear model fitting revealed that the CMA infants have a diverse gut microbial community structure dominated by Lachnospiraceae (20.5±9.7%) and Ruminococcaceae (16.2±9.1%). Blautia, Roseburia and Coprococcus were significantly enriched following treatment with EHCF and LGG, but only one genus, Oscillospira, was significantly different between infants that became tolerant and those that remained allergic. However, most tolerant infants showed a significant increase in fecal butyrate levels, and those taxa that were significantly enriched in these samples, Blautia and Roseburia, exhibited specific strain-level demarcations between tolerant and allergic infants. Our data suggest that EHCF+LGG promotes tolerance in infants with CMA, in part, by influencing the strain-level bacterial community structure of the infant gut
Evaluation of condyle defects using different reconstruction protocols of cone-beam computed tomography
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG-supplemented formula expands butyrate-producing bacterial strains in food allergic infants
Psychometric properties of the scale for non-adherence to antiretroviral medication (NAME) among HIV-infected patients
Triagem auditiva neonatal: motivos da evasão das famÃlias no processo de detecção precoce Newborn hearing screening: reasons for the evasion of families in the process of early detection
OBJETIVO: Analisar os motivos da evasão familiar no programa de triagem auditiva neonatal realizado em um hospital público e correlacioná-los com a distribuição demográfica das famÃlias e as caracterÃsticas do programa. MÉTODOS: Participaram 132 famÃlias, de um total de 739 contatadas, cujos filhos nasceram em uma maternidade no interior do estado de São Paulo de outubro/2003 a dezembro/2005 e que não haviam comparecido para a realização do teste ou reteste da triagem auditiva neonatal. Foi aplicado um questionário de levantamento das causas de evasão, contendo perguntas relacionadas à triagem auditiva, nÃvel de escolaridade e profissão dos pais e também sobre a audição e o desenvolvimento de linguagem da criança. RESULTADOS: Realizou-se a aplicação do questionário com 132 famÃlias (17,86%); com as demais não foi obtido contato. Deste total, 82 haviam faltado na primeira etapa da triagem auditiva (teste) e 50 não haviam retornado para realização do reteste. Os motivos mais frequentes para justificar a evasão foram o desinteresse e a dificuldade em conciliar o agendamento com a rotina familiar. Não houve associação entre os motivos da evasão e o nÃvel de escolaridade e ocupação dos pais, nem com o profissional que realizou a orientação acerca da triagem auditiva. Não foi referido nenhum caso de alteração auditiva, nem de atraso significativo no desenvolvimento da linguagem. CONCLUSÃO: Os motivos da evasão familiar independem de variáveis voltadas à famÃlia e à dinâmica do programa de triagem auditiva.<br>PURPOSE: To analyze the reasons for evasion of the families from the newborn hearing screening program conducted at a public hospital, and to correlate them with the demographic distribution of the families and the characteristics of the program. METHODS: Participants were 132 families, from a total of 739 contacted, whose children had been born in a maternity hospital in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, from October/2003 to December/2005, and who had not showed up for the newborn hearing screening test or retest. A questionnaire regarding the causes for evasion was applied, asking information related to the newborn hearing screening, level of education and occupation of parents, and the child's hearing and language development. RESULTS: The questionnaire was applied to 132 families (17.86%); contact was not possible with the other families. From this total, 82 had not shown up in the first stage of the hearing screening (test), and 50 had not returned for retest. The most frequently provided reasons for the evasion were lack of interest and scheduling conflicts. There was no association between the reasons for the evasion and parent's education level and occupation, nor with the professional who provided orientation regarding the newborn hearing screening. Hearing alteration were not referred, as well as significant language development delay. CONCLUSION: The reasons for family evasion are independent from variables related to the family and the dynamics of the hearing screening program