PEDIATRICS Vol. 4 No. 4 October 1949, pp. 401-405
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MINUTE ABSORPTION OF DIPHTHERITIC ANTIBODIES FROM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT IN INFANTS

BO VAHLQUIST M.D.1 and CURT HÖGSTEDT M.D.1

1 The pediatric clinic of the Caroline Institute, Norrtulls Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Human serum rich in antibodies against diphtheria was given orally to newborns and to older infants. With few exceptions, an absorption of antibodies could be traced only in the first week of life and even then only in minute amounts (<0.30% of the total antibody amount administered). The implications of these findings for the value of human milk as an antibody source are discussed.

Submitted on April 15, 1949




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