title: [Preliminary study on intestinal flora in diarrhea type irritable bowel syndrome with pi-wei dampness-heat syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the changes of intestinal flora in diarrhea type irritable bowel syndrome with Pi-wei dampness-heat syndrome (IBS-PDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  The seven kinds of common intestinal bacteria in feces, including enteri bacillus, enterococci, saccharomycete, bifid bacteria, lactobacillus, bacteroides and peptococcus were studied in 21 patients suffered from IBS-PDS, and compared with those in 22 patients with IBS with deficiency of Pi syndrome (DPS) and 25 healthy subjects as control.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As compared with the healthy subjects, the levels of enteri bacillus and enterococci were significantly increased (P<0.01), the levels of bifid bacteria, Lactobacillus and Peptococcus were significantly decreased (P < 0.01), and saccharomycete and Bacteroides were insignificantly different in patients with PDS. As compared with patients with DPS, the levels of enteri bacillus, enterococci, bifid bacteria, Lactobacillus, Peptococcus and Bacteroidaceae were significantly increased except the level of saccharomycete.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There may be alteration of intestinal flora in patients with IBS-PDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou (350003). liying12129@sina
authors.forename: Yue-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Shao-Xian
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Lao
authors.forename: Zao-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Zhaoxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged