Evaluation of gut microflora during administration of an elemental diet in a patient with an ileoproctostomy

Dickman, Marion; Chappelka, A. R.; Schaedler, Russell W.

doi:10.1007/bf01237797

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“…Elemental diet fed to healthy vervet monkeys did not produce significant changes in the small intestinal flora except for the disappearance of the relatively few Streptococcaceae , which is in conformity with the limited data available on the response of jejunal flora to elemental diet in man [1, 4]. Therefore, the use of this diet can be assumed not to substantially interfere with studies of intestinal microbes in experimental animals.…”

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Response of Small Intestinal Flora to Elemental Diet and Pancreatic Duct Ligation in Vervet Monkeys

Gyr¹,

Abee²,

Felsenfeld³

1981

J Med Primatol

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The small intestinal flora of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) was examined before and after feeding elemental diet and after ligation of the pancreatic duct. Elemental diet did not produce significant changes of the intestinal microbial flora. However, an increase of the microbial count consisting mainly of Enterobacteriaceae, molds and yeasts was observed in the duct-ligated animals, significantly more pronounced than in the sham-operated controls. The data confirm previous studies demonstrating the possible role of the exocrine pancreas in the maintenance of a normal intestinal flora.

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