title: Bacteriology of the appendix and the ileum in health and in appendicitis.
abstract: The bacteriology of the ileum and the appendix in appendicitis patients with or without perforation and compared with patients who had "incidental appendectomy" was studied. Of 42 appendicitis patients, 24 (57%) of them had anaerobic bacteria in the appendix compared with two of eight (25%) with normal appendix. Anaerobes were found in the ileal aspirates of 20 of 42 (47.6%) appendicitis patients and two of eight (25%) in normal persons. This suggests that anaerobic bacteria increasingly colonize the appendix and the ileum in cases of appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, UCLA School of Medicine 90059.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thadepalli
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chuah
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001065:Appendix / Q000382:microbiology*; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000382:microbiology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents