Table 1 Summary of bacterial cultures from jejunal samples taken at endoscopy between 3 and 291 days after Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass surgery.

No of colonies	No of patients
1–50	10
51–100	5
>100	1

All cultures showed normal pharyngeal flora and no pathogens were seen except Candida albicans in one sample (taken on day 291). No correlation was found between the number of colonies and time after surgery.