Syndrome of excessive bacterial growth and disruption of the digestive and absorption: pathogenetic nutritional therapy
Ardatskaia, M.D.
Eksperimental'naia i Klinicheskaia Gastroenterologiia 6: 84-96
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1682-8658 PMID: 20201290 Document Number: 633507
The colon contains literally billions of bacteria. These bacteria protect us from pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi that might otherwise penetrate the mucosal membrane. The bacteria of the colon are also known as intestinal flora. Also they are very impotent when we try to use enteral nutrition. Diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth of the bowel may be recognized by special methods of definition of fecal short-chain fatty acids, which are the pathology biomarkers of the gut failure.