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Bacterial colonization of the upper intestine in mild tropical malabsorption
- Source :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 74:752-755
- Publication Year :
- 1980
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1980.
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Abstract
- The bacterial flora of the upper intestine has been examined in symptomatic expatriate adults with mild tropical malabsorption, without steatorrhoea, persisting for many months after return to a western environment. Seven of the 11 patients had enterobacteria in luminal fluid or mucosal samples in numbers ranging from 10 3 to 10 8 per ml or per g. The most common isolate was Klebsiella pneumoniae (in four cases); Citrobacter freundii, Serratia marcescens and Pseudomonas spp . were also detected. The significance of bacterial colonization in the pathogenesis of mild tropical malabsorption is discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Flora
Malabsorption
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Sprue, Tropical
Microbiology
Pathogenesis
Enterobacteriaceae
Malabsorption Syndromes
medicine
Humans
Colonization
Bacteria
biology
Pseudomonas
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Tetracycline
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Citrobacter freundii
Jejunum
Infectious Diseases
Serratia marcescens
bacteria
Parasitology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00359203
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff58bd68267c4724b6aaca865f9e08a7