Studies on the intestinal flora : Part II Bacterial flora of the small intestine in patients with gastrointestinal disorders
Open Access
- 1 October 1969
- Vol. 10 (10), 812-819
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.10.10.812
Abstract
The type and distribution of bacteria in the jejunal juice of patients with a variety of gastrointestinal conditions that might affect the small intestinal flora were examined. Bacterial colonization of the jejunum defined, in this context, as the occurrence of a bile salttolerant flora consisting of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria qualitatively resembling that of faeces, was observed only in patients with some form of blind loop. Prominent among the bacteria isolated from these colonized juices were non-sporing anaerobic bacteria, most usually Bacteroides, able to hydrolyse bile salts. No simple correlation between the patient's fat excretion and bacterial colonization of the jejunum could be demonstrated.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Enumeration of the Oxygen Sensitive Bacteria usually Present in the Intestine of Healthy MiceNature, 1968
- BILE-SALT DECONJUGATION AND STEATORRHŒA IN PATIENTS WITH THE STAGNANT-LOOP SYNDROMEThe Lancet, 1968
- Degradation of bile salts by human intestinal bacteria.Gut, 1968
- Cultivation of anaerobic intestinal bacteriaThe Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 1967
- THE DECONJUGATION OF BILE SALTS BY HUMAN INTESTINAL BACTERIAThe Lancet, 1966
- The Correction of Postgastrectomy Malabsorption Following a Jejunal Interposition OperationGastroenterology, 1965
- Diarrhea and steatorrhea due to a large solitary duodenal diverticulumDigestive Diseases and Sciences, 1963
- A CAPSULE FOR OBTAINING STERILE SAMPLES OF GASTROINTESTINAL FLUIDSThe Lancet, 1963
- STUDIES ON LIPID METABOLISM IN THE SMALL INTESTINE WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE ROLE OF BILE SALTS*†JCI Insight, 1960