MICROBIAL FLORA OF STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE IN INFANTILE GASTROENTERITIS

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Abstract. Bishop, R. F., Barnes, G. L. and Townley, R. R. W. (Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). Microbial flora of stomach and small intestine in infantile gastroenteritis. Acta Paediatr Scand, 63: 418, 1974.–Microbial flora of mouth, stomach, duodenum and faeces was examined in 39 infants with acute gastroenteritis. Only one recognised pathogen, Salmonella typhimurium , was isolated. No enteropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli were isolated. There was an increase in abundant growth of Candida albicans in stomach and small intestine of infants with gastroenteritis compared with the control group.