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In the normal individual bacterial counts increase along the small intestine. In the ileum the ratio of anaerobes to aerobes remains approximately equal, although the type of anaerobic flora changes and there are increased numbers of Coliforms, Bacteroides and Clostridia [5]. The effect of further changes in the bacterial flora on the structure of ileal mucosa was investigated in patients who have undergone proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis (conventional ileostomy n=12, pouch-anal anastomosis n=11).
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Nasmyth, D.G. (1991). Bacteriology (I). In: Nicholls, R.J., Mortensen, N.J.M., Northover, J.M.A. (eds) Topics in Colorectal Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76281-9_17
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