Table 1.
Comparison of rectal mucosal flora in UC patients
| Bacterial counts (mean ± SD) | Positive rate (%) | ||||
| UC | Control | UC | Control | ||
| Total | 6.63 ± 0.96 | 5.47 ± 0.96 | |||
| Aerobes | 6.23 ± 0.50 | 5.28 ± 2.47 | |||
| Anaerobes | 6.42 ± 1.05 | 5.01 ± 0.76 | |||
| Clostridium | 4.64 ± 2.07 | 3.74 ± 2.02 | 61.1 | 42.9 | |
| Bacteroides | 5.33 ± 1.71 | 3.96 ± 1.66 | 94.4 | 85.7 | |
| Bifidobacterium | 5.32 ± 2.64 | 4.25 ± 2.24 | 44.4 | 28.6 | |
| Eubacterium | 4.73 ± 2.13 | 2.73 ± 1.53 | 33.3 | 57.1 | |
| Fusobacterium | 0 | 4.14 ± 1.95 | 0 | 28.6 | |
| Actinomyces | 2.28 ± 0.83 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Veillonella | 4.82 ± 1.79 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| Peptostreptococcus | 4.53 ± 2.17 | 1.80 ± 1.14 | 38.8 | 28.6 | |
| Streptococcus | 4.93 ± 2.33 | 3.03 ± 1.47 | 27.7 | 14.3 | |
| Peptococcu | 3.35 ± 1.34 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | |
log10 numbers of organism/g tissue. Reproduction from reference 20.