Small‐intestinal microflora in Australian Aboriginal children with chronic diarrhoea
M Gracey, DE Stone - Australian and New Zealand journal of …, 1972 - Wiley Online Library
M Gracey, DE Stone
Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine, 1972•Wiley Online LibraryThe small‐intestinal micro‐flora was studied in a series of Australian Aboriginal children with
a history of chronic diarrhoea and in a group of Caucasian children, most of whom were also
admitted because of chronic diarrhoea. This latter group was used for control data. In the
Aboriginal children there was a generalised and marked increase in oral‐type and faecal‐
type aerobes isolated from small‐intestinal contents. Anaerobes were isolated only rarely in
patients and controls. It is suggested that unsuspected bacterial contamination of the small …
a history of chronic diarrhoea and in a group of Caucasian children, most of whom were also
admitted because of chronic diarrhoea. This latter group was used for control data. In the
Aboriginal children there was a generalised and marked increase in oral‐type and faecal‐
type aerobes isolated from small‐intestinal contents. Anaerobes were isolated only rarely in
patients and controls. It is suggested that unsuspected bacterial contamination of the small …
Summary
The small‐intestinal micro‐flora was studied in a series of Australian Aboriginal children with a history of chronic diarrhoea and in a group of Caucasian children, most of whom were also admitted because of chronic diarrhoea. This latter group was used for control data.
In the Aboriginal children there was a generalised and marked increase in oral‐type and faecal‐type aerobes isolated from small‐intestinal contents. Anaerobes were isolated only rarely in patients and controls.
It is suggested that unsuspected bacterial contamination of the small bowel contributes to the common problem of malabsorption and malnutrition in Australian Aboriginal children.
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