PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - SP Borriello
AU  - BS Drasar
AU  - A Tomkins
AU  - MJ Hill
TI  - Relative carriage rates of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia in two populations of different colorectal cancer risk
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.36.1.93
DP  - 1983 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 93--95
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/93.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/93.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1983 Jan 01; 36
AB  - Carriage of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia has been associated with colon cancer and implicated in its aetiology. This study has compared the carriage of these organisms in a British population at high risk for the development of colon cancer with a low risk Nigerian population. Clostridia were found in all of the stools from both populations. Nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia were only found in the stools of the British subjects (32%). These results support the suggestion that the carriage rate of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia in a population is related to the risk of colon cancer.