Digest
- Ian Forgacs, Associate Editor
THE ENTEROCYTE AS BATTLEGROUND
At most international meetings these days, it is standing room only at the sessions on colonic microflora. Much of the current enthusiasm surrounds the interaction between bacteria and host mucosa. Yet bacteria-bacteria interactions themselves are of consuming interest. This month's Gut includes a paper on whether lactobacilli protect against cellular injury promoted by a pathogenic E coli strain. In the presence of lactobacilli there was a dose dependent decrease in E coli together with protection of brush border structure and function. Lactobacilli seem to have won the day. See page 803
VIAGRA: REACHING THE OESOPHAGUS
Whatever else, sildenafil is an interesting drug. It blocks …
