Sozinov,A.S., Anikhovskaya,I.A., Bayazitova,L.T., Enaleeva,D.Sh., Zinkevich,O.D., Salakhov,I.M., Tkacheva,S.V., Likhoded,V.G.

Intestinal microflora and concomitant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with chronic viral hepatitidis A and B

State Medical University, Reserch Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Kazan; Institute of General and Clinical Pathology of the Clinico-Diagnostic Society, Moscow, Russia

In chronic viral hepatitis B and C the development of intestinal dysbacteriosis and high occurrence of concomitant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract were observed. In cases of increased dysbacteriosis degree and in the presence of concomitant diseases the blood plasma of patients exhibited higher activity in reaction with the of amebocytes lysate obtained from crabs of the genus Limulus. A suggestion was made that the endotoxin of Gram negative intestinal microflora could probably play some role in the development of pathological processes in chronic viral hepatitis B and C.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2002, No. 1, P. 61—64