RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Relative carriage rates of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia in two populations of different colorectal cancer risk
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 93
OP 95
DO 10.1136/jcp.36.1.93
VO 36
IS 1
A1 SP Borriello
A1 BS Drasar
A1 A Tomkins
A1 MJ Hill
YR 1983
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/93.abstract
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.