Indicators of metabolic activity of the intestinal microbiota in children of the first year of life

Resume: Microbiological study of intestinal microflora from the end of the twentieth century. considered as an insufficiently informative diagnostic method that does not reflect its metabolic activity. Chromatographic methods are used to study microflora metabolites: gas-liquid (GLC), ion, high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The study of short chain fatty acids (FFA) by GLC has high sensitivity and specificity, ease of reproduction, and the ability to quickly obtain results. Currently, in the available literature we have studied, there are no data on the normative values of the SCFA spectrum in children aged 0 to 6 months, only reference values are presented