Effect of Total Parenteral Nutrition Plus Morphine on Bacterial Translocation in Rats

P. M. Kueppers, Thomas A. Miller, Chung-Ying K. Chen, Gregory S. Smith, Liliana F. Rodriguez, Frank G. Moody

Annals of Surgery · 1993 · 40 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

These observations demonstrate the important role that morphine plays in promoting translocation, presumably by disrupting fasting motility and enhancing bacterial overgrowth.

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