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II. BACTERIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE FECAL FLORA

J. B. GUNNISON, M.A.; T. L. ALTHAUSEN, M.D.; M. S. MARSHALL, Ph.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1936;57(1):106-116.

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In another paper¹ a clinical study of sixty cases of a condition designated as intestinal intolerance of carbohydrate will be reported. This clinical syndrome characterized by flatulence, abdominal pain and belching was first described by Schmidt and Strasburger.² Herter³ and Kendall⁴ stated that this condition was probably due to the presence of excessive numbers of Clostridium Welchii in the intestine. Hurst and Knott⁵ stated the belief that variations in the intestinal flora were not the cause of this syndrome but the result of an excess of carbohydrate in the colon due to an insufficiency of ferments.

In the present investigation, fecal specimens from persons suffering from intolerance of carbohydrate were studied bacteriologically. The study was directed primarily toward quantitative and qualitative tests for Cl. Welchii. Attempts were made to determine the diagnostic value of some of the methods suggested for routine use in the clinical . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the Department of Bacteriology and the Department of Medicine, University of California Medical School, San Francisco.

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