Microflora of the human small intestine
| Autor: | Haragopal Thadepalli, Thomas K. Matsui, Ashis K. Mandal, Vinh Toan Bach, Sister Mary Ann Lou |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Klebsiella Adolescent Duodenum Enterobacter Ileum Abdominal Injuries Gastroenterology Clostridia Jejunum Internal medicine Intestine Small Escherichia coli medicine Humans Anaerobiosis Bacteria biology business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Small intestine medicine.anatomical_structure Female Surgery Bacteroides business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Surgery. 138:845-850 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90309-x |
| Popis: | The human small intestine is normally sterile in nearly one half of North American subjects. In this study the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum were sterile in 82, 69, and 55 per cent of the cases, respectively. Gram-positive cocci were the most frequent finding. E. coli, Enterobacter, and Klebsiella were present in the small bowel in nearly 7, 15, and 35 per cent of duodenal, jejunal, and ileal samples, respecatively. They were present in significant numbers (greater than 1 X 10(5)/ml) in the mid-jejunum in two patients and in the mid-ileum in seven patients (23 per cent). Even with modern anaerobic techniques, anaerobes are scarce in the small bowel; 4 to 6 per cent of persons may have aerotolerant anaerobes like clostridia, but strict anaerobes like bacteroides are rare. Our study provides baseline data for use in interpreting the intestinal bacterial overgrowth associated with certain postoperative disorders. |
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