Table 1.
Mucosal microflora from patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and toxicity of mucosal bacteria to Vero cell
| Inflamed mucosa in UC (n=10) | |||
| Organism | No of organisms* | Detection rate (%)† | Cytotoxicity to vero cell |
| Enterococcus casseliflavus | 3 | 10 | Negative |
| Enterococcus feacium | 5.40 (1.04) | 30 | Negative |
| Escherichia coli | 4.77 (0.03) | 20 | Negative |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 4.36 | 10 | Negative |
| Streptococcus sanguis | 5.15 | 10 | Negative |
| Bacteroides distasonis | 4.76 (0.90) | 50 | Negative |
| Bacteroides fragilis | 8.48 | 10 | Negative |
| Bacteroides ovatus | 4.26 | 10 | Negative |
| Bacteroides uniformis | 4.71 | 10 | Negative |
| Bacteroides vulgatus | 4.71 (0.51) | 50 | Negative |
| Clostridium clostridioforme | 4.51 | 10 | Negative |
| Clostridium ramosum | 3.97 | 10 | Negative |
| Eubacterium aerofaciens | 5.59 | 10 | Negative |
| Eubacterium lentum | 4.56 (0.07) | 30 | Negative |
| Fusobacterium varium | 4.75 (0.72) | 50 | Positive |
| Porphyromonas asaccharolytica | 3.66 | 10 | Negative |
| Prevotella oralis | 4.17 (0.31) | 30 | Negative |
| Prevotella ruminicola | 4.13 (0.23) | 30 | Negative |
| Veillonella alcalescens | 4.53 | 10 | Negative |
| Veillonella parvula | 4.22 (0.62) | 20 | Negative |
*Mean log10 (number of organisms/g) in 10 specimens from the inflamed mucosa (means (SD)).
†Detection in 10 patients with the bacterium.