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. 1992 Feb;30(2):312–317. doi: 10.1128/jcm.30.2.312-317.1992

Microbiologic assessment of tissue biopsy samples from ileal pouch patients.

A B Onderdonk 1, A M Dvorak 1, R L Cisneros 1, R S McLeod 1, D Antionoli 1, W Silen 1, J E Blair 1, R A Monahan-Earley 1, J Cullen 1, Z Cohen 1
PMCID: PMC265052  PMID: 1537898

Abstract

Tissue biopsy samples from patients with and without ileal pouches were examined by electron microscopic and microbiologic culture techniques to determine the numbers and types of microorganisms closely associated with or within the tissue biopsy samples. The disease status of each patient was determined by endoscopic and histopathologic methods. Of the 78 biopsy samples included in this study, 64 (82%) yielded obligately anaerobic and/or facultative bacteria when they were cultured. Fourteen of the 78 samples (17.9%) were negative by culture. Of the positive samples, 54 contained facultatively anaerobic bacterial species and 50 yielded obligately anaerobic species. The total counts for facultatively anaerobic bacteria for samples from patients with pouchitis were significantly greater than for samples from patients in control groups. In addition, the number of samples from patients with normal pouches that did not contain obligate anaerobes was significantly less than that from patients with pouchitis; 4 of 23 and 6 of 12 samples, respectively (P less than 0.043). For samples in which organisms were detected, there was agreement with electron microscopic detection of bacteria in 23 of 27 samples, for an overall sensitivity of electron microscopy compared with that of culture of 85%. The qualitative studies resulted in the characterization of 273 isolates comprising 77 different phenotypes. The specificity of these findings in patients with ileal pouchitis is discussed.

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