[Acute gastroenteritis and breast feeding in Gabon. Preliminary results].

76 diarrheic infants (from 15 days to 2 years) had a stool examination for rotavirus (ELISA method) and a stool culture and were classified according to breast feeding or not. This study was performed in a semi-urban region (Haut-Ogooué, Gabon). The preliminary results suggest a protection by breast feeding against rotavirus and enteropathogenic bacteria, rapid elimination of diarrheic agents may be facilitated by human milk.