title: [Quantification of bacteria in the small intestine of malnourished children with chickenpox].
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether a high number of bacteria could be demonstrated in the upper small bowel during the chickenpox infection. Intestinal juice was drawn in nine malnourished children, during and two weeks after the acute period of the disease. The results of the study fail to demonstrate quantitative differences in the bacterial flora of the small bowel in both periods. Besides that, the bacterial overgrowth previously reported in malnutrition, is confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vega-Franco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barrios
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Cuantificacíon de bacterias del intestino delgado en niños desnutridos con varicela.