Certain Problems Which Concern Intestinal Infection and the Intestinal Flora

The Intestinal Flora in Mouse Typhoid Infection

The normal flora of laboratory mice at The Rockefeller Institute, fed on a bread and milk diet, was determined. Bacillus acidophilus and Bacillus bifidus outnumber the Bacillus coli, Bacillus acidi lactici, and Bacillus coli communior group about twenty-five to one. White and yellow cocci which may or may not liquefy gelatin are occasionally noted; spirochetal and vibrio forms and yeasts are us...

Intestinal Flora and Nutrition

Sir,?There is one aspect of study in nutrition which does not yet appear to have been accorded its true value. I refer to the part played by the organisms living inside the alimentary tract of man. To the majority studies on nutrition end at the stage at which the food is Swallowed. Others, more exact, define conditions in which absorption of the ultimate products of digestion is disturbed as f...

Intestinal flora and diet

The topics discussed at the WIRM-V meeting were very broad and interesting, covering a wide field in immunology. Since it is impossible to summarize everything, I will discuss the influence of diet and intestinal flora on immune responses, as this was a recurrent subject throughout the meeting. I will summarize a few presentations (given by E.G. Pamer, C. MacKay, D.R. Littman, Y. Belkaid, R. Ma...

The intestinal flora and bacterial infection in cirrhosis.

Bacterial infection, especially with intestinal-type bacterial flora, is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis [1–4]. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), urinary tract infection, pneumonia, spontaneous bacterial empyema and bacteraemia are the most frequent infective complications in this group. The incidence of infection with Gram-positive cocci, in particular, has increased in...

Intestinal Flora and Vitamin B1