The small bowel flora in individuals with cecoileal reflux Estudo da flora do delgado em doentes com refluxo cecoileal

BACKGROUND: The observation of cecoileal reflux to barium enema is not rare; however, its causes and consequences have not been widely investigated. Considering that ileocecal junction exerts a function as barrier to invasion of bacteria from colon to small bowel, it seems interesting to study the i...

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Main Authors: Wellington Monteiro Machado, José Ricardo Arruda Miranda, José Morceli, Carlos Roberto Padovani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2008-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032008000300009