No matter how parents try to protect infants from getting infected with Staphylococcus aureus, very often it is not possible, because this bacterium is literally everywhere. It can cause a variety of diseases in the infant, including dysbiosis, since these bacteria are able to infect the intestinal microflora very much."To pick up" this pathogenic microorganism the child can anywhere, because it is everywhere, in the air, soil, water. But not all of its species are pathogenic and not all babies it is dangerous. In the risk group, there are usually children with congenital diseases who have undergone surgery, weakened and prematurely. Most infants are infected with Staphylococcus aureus, which leads to dysbiosis, in 3 cases:
- Through mother's milk, since it is not a sterile liquid, and its ducts come to the surface where the colonies of these bacteria are located. In the absence of symptoms, neither the child nor the mother can be treated for infection with these microorganisms;
- Staphylococcal dysbacteriosis can develop in a baby at home. This occurs usually in those cases when a close person is the carrier of these pathogenic microorganisms;
- It is likely that bacteria enter the body of the baby and within the walls of the hospital, from the medical staff or tools.
In addition, the ingestion of Staphylococcus aureus on the mucous membrane of the intestine of a newborn is possible with weakened immunity, pathologies of pregnancy, malnutrition of the baby, and non-compliance of parents with hygiene in the care of a child.
Symptoms and signs of staphylococcal dysbiosis
The manifestations that this pathogenic bacterium gives in infants depend on where it will live, and which species was activated. The most dangerous is Staphylococcus aureus. Also, the symptoms caused by this microorganism are very easily confused with signs of illnesses provoked by it. With the development of intestinal dysbiosis in an infant due to infection with golden staphylococcus, the following symptomatology will be present:
- Frequent stool with mucus inclusions. Its consistency will be mushy or watery;
- Colico-shaped abdominal pains that appear after feeding;
- Digestive disorders.
The baby will be whiny and whimsical. Symptoms caused by golden Staphylococcus are always obvious, but they are simply confused with ordinary skin rashes, which appear in almost all newborns, colds or usual primary dysbacteriosis. Therefore, special laboratory tests and analyzes are required to detect these pathogenic microorganisms.
Diagnosis and treatment of staphylococcal intestinal dysbiosis
If staphylococcus aureus is found in the analysis for dysbacteriosis, then therapy is quite difficult. All measures must be carried out only in a hospital. Any self-treatment is contraindicated, since it can lead to aggravation of the disease. To combat staphylococcus aureus, which caused dysbiosis in a child, in most cases a bacteriophage is used that acts more selectively than antibiotics. This drug is a bacterial virus that destroys a bacterial cell from within. Staphylococcus bacteriophage with dysbacteriosis is a highly effective immunobiological preparation that does not disturb the microflora of the digestive organs and is harmless to the cells of the human body. After the therapeutic course of bacteriophage will be carried out, probiotics are prescribed to restore microflora, as well as vitamins to maintain immunity.
Treatment of dysbacteriosis caused by Staphylococcus aureus with the help of bacteriophages is recommended to be combined with folk methods. But their application should be only after consulting a specialist. Necessary and preventive measures to protect the newborn from dysbiosis caused by golden Staphylococcus aureus. The main one is an increase in the immunity of the child, since this bacterium always manifests itself when it is lowered. For this preventive method, the doctor will recommend special immunomodulating medications.