Elevated Fecal Levels of Endogenous Pancreatic Endopeptidases after Antibiotic Treatment
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 12 (5) , 525-529
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365527709181329
Abstract
Feces from normal and antibiotic-treated persons were analyzed for the content of immunoreactive trypsin and elastase. In the control group the mean concentration of immunoreactive trypsin was 13 μg per g feces as compared to 147 in the antibiotic-treated group. Elastase was demonstrable in only 3 of 30 samples in the control group but in 20 of 26 in the antibiotic-treated group. The decreased inactivation of pancreatic proteases must depend on an altered intestinal microflora. The results suggest that re-establishment of a normal enteric flora may take months after the short time oral administration of antibiotics.Keywords
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