Therapeutic approaches targeting intestinal microflora in inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 Comparison of rectal mucosal flora in UC patients

		Bacterial counts (mean ± SD)		Positive rate (%)
		UC	Control	UC	Control
Total		6.63 ± 0.96	5.47 ± 0.96
Aerobes		6.23 ± 0.50	5.28 ± 2.47
Anaerobes		6.42 ± 1.05	5.01 ± 0.76
	Clostridium	4.64 ± 2.07	3.74 ± 2.02	61.1	42.9
	Bacteroides	5.33 ± 1.71	3.96 ± 1.66	94.4	85.7
	Bifidobacterium	5.32 ± 2.64	4.25 ± 2.24	44.4	28.6
	Eubacterium	4.73 ± 2.13	2.73 ± 1.53	33.3	57.1
	Fusobacterium	0	4.14 ± 1.95	0	28.6
	Actinomyces	2.28 ± 0.83	0	5.5	0
	Veillonella	4.82 ± 1.79	0	11.1	0
	Peptostreptococcus	4.53 ± 2.17	1.80 ± 1.14	38.8	28.6
	Streptococcus	4.93 ± 2.33	3.03 ± 1.47	27.7	14.3
	Peptococcu	3.35 ± 1.34	0	11.1	0

log₁₀ numbers of organism/g tissue. Reproduction from reference 20.