Studies on gastric bacterial growth and gastric PH in endemic schistosomal hepatosplenomegaly

Acid content and bacterial flora were studied in the gastric juice of 30 patients with endemic hepatosplenomegaly and 10 normal controls. The acid content in the gastric juice was significantly low in the group of patients. Also the bacterial flora were present in larger number of patients [80%] opposite to [30%] in normal control group