[Prevention of the colonization of the nasal cavity in newborn infants by hospital strains of Staphylococcus aureus using lactic acid bacteria].

Investigations carried out by the authors have disclosed that practically all infants discharged from maternity clinics are S. aureus carriers, and 91.66-97.06% of them have proved to be epidemiologically dangerous as the source of infection. The use of lactic-acid bacteria, strain 317/407 "Narine" for the colonization of the nasal cavity of infants has led to a decrease in the total number of carriers up to 55.17%, and in the number of epidemiologically significant carriers up to 12.5%.