[Intestinal bacterial microflora study in chronic ulcerohemorrhagic colitis]

Bacteriological tests on feces of patients with ulcerative-hemorrhagic colitis, in exacerbation, were carried out. The same patients were dynamically followed up as regards clinical picture and paraclinical indices, rectoromanoscopy include. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the fecal microflora was made according to the following indices: total number of mesophili aerobic microorganisms, coli-bacteria, proteus, enterococci, staphylococci, Salmonella-bacteria. The pure cultures isolated were tested according to 30 biochemical indices, their precise classification position being determined on that base. The production of the following enzymes was studied in the cultures isolated: protease, oxyreductase -- catalase and peroxidase, aminotransferase -- COT and GPT; phosphatase -- acid and alkaline, disaccharidase and urease. The data obtained from the bacteriological studies were compared with those of a control group of healthy subjects. Elevated enzyme constellation was found among the patients with exacerbated ulcerative-hemorrhagic colitis.