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. 1974 Jun;179(6):859–862. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197406000-00007

Bacteriology of the Stomach Immediately Following Vagotomy: The Growth of Candida Albicans

John R Brooks, Henry F Smith, Francis B Pease Jr
PMCID: PMC1355915  PMID: 4599845

Abstract

With the rise in pH of gastric juice that results from vagotomy, there is a high incidence of intraluminal gastric Candida albicans overgrowth in the immediate postoperative period. There appears to be no clear cut correlation between gastric Candida overgrowth and the post-vagotomy diarrhea syndrome. Mycostatin has not had a significant affect upon this diarrhea.

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