TY  - JOUR
T1  - IS there postdefecation bacteremia?
AU  - Slavin S, Goldwyn RM
Y1  - 1979/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370320069012
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 937
EP  - 938
VL  - 114
IS  - 8
N2  - • An investigation was done to determine the incidence of postdefecation bacteremia. A study of 82 healthy volunteers was done. Among 164 predefecation cultures, only one (0.6%) from an anaerobic flask was positive for microorganism, which was identified as Staphylococcus epidermidis. In only two of 328 (0.6%) postdefecation cultures did microorganisms grow, which were shown to be Propionibacterium acnes. The results of this study suggest that either bacteremia after defecation does not occur or is a rare event in healthy individuals.(Arch Surg 114:937-938, 1979)
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370320069012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370320069012
ER  -