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Mechanical bowel preparation does not affect the intramucosal bacterial colony count
- Source :
- International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 25:439-442
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to determine if mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) influences the intramucosal bacterial colony count in the colon.Macroscopically normal colon mucosa was collected from 37 patients (20 with and 17 without MBP) who were undergoing elective colorectal surgery at three hospitals. The biopsies were processed and cultured in the same laboratory. Colony counts of the common pathogens Escherichia coli and Bacteroides as well as of total bacteria were conducted. The study groups were comparable with regard to age, gender, antibiotics use, diagnosis and type of resection.MBP did not influence the median colony count of E. coli, Bacteroides or total bacteria in our study.MBP did not affect the intramucosal bacterial count in this study. Further studies are suggested to confirm these findings.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Colon
Biopsy
Colony Count, Microbial
Colon mucosa
Gastroenterology
Internal medicine
Preoperative Care
Escherichia coli
medicine
Bacteroides
Humans
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
Aged
Bacteria
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
digestive system diseases
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Multicenter study
Elective Surgical Procedures
Bowel preparation
Colony count
Female
business
Colorectal Surgery
Bacterial colony
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321262 and 01791958
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Colorectal Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9f0309e3fe8a6bae681dbc509d5bd74f