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Gastroenteritis in London and Jamaica: a clinical and bacteriological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. B. Ellis-Pegler ,
R. Higgs  and
H. P. Lambert
R. B. Ellis-Pegler
Affiliation:
The Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London S. W. 17 and The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
R. Higgs
Affiliation:
The Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London S. W. 17 and The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
H. P. Lambert
Affiliation:
The Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London S. W. 17 and The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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The flora of both faeces and small bowel lumen was studied in children with gastroenteritis from London, England, and Kingston, Jamaica.

Clinical and laboratory differences between these two groups are described.

All bacterial groups in the faeces were greatly altered during gastroenteritis and this particularly affected anaerobic organisms. These changes generally reverted rapidly to normal after the illness.

The small bowel flora was also altered during gastroenteritis; there was a tendency for a wider range of organisms including anaerobes to be isolated from the children in Jamaica than from those in England.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 101 - 114
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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