[The intestinal microflora and acid-forming function of the stomach in peptic ulcer patients with Helicobacter pylori bacteriosis].

Seventeen duodenal ulcer patients were examined. H. pylori were detected in all the patients by histological and bacteriological methods. Changes in the enteric microflora, manifested by a decrease in the number of lacto- and bifidobacteria and by an increased level of opportunistic microflora, were established. Cimetidine treatment and the suppression of the acid-producing function of the stomach augmented enteric dysbacteriosis and H. pylori contamination of the gastric and duodenal mucosa.