Bacterial translocation in surgical patients : (a prospective study)‎

Abstract EN

Bacterial translocation may be defined as the passage of intestinal micro flora across the lamina propriety to local mesenteric lymph nodes and from there to other normally sterile extra intestinal sites.

It has been proposed that bacterial translocation may initiate a cytokine-mediated response from macrophages which may, under certain conditions, predispose the host to the development of septic morbidity and multiple organ failure [1].