[Protein changes in the jejunal juice and endointestinal exudation of albumin-I 131 in acute infectious enterocolitis].

The phenomenon of endointestinal protein exudation in acute infectious enterocolitis is studied. Total proteins were determined in 30 cases of acute enterocolitis and 50 of bacillary dysentery in the acute stages of the disease and convalescence. The proteinogram of the jejunal juice was performed in the acute stage and convalescence in 20 patients. In 16 patients and 5 controls endointestinal albumin elimination was determined quantitatively by means of 131I labeled albumin. The results showed increase in the total protein content in the jejunal juice in the course of acute infectious enterocolitis and bacillary dysentery and a return to normal values in convalescence. Electrophoresis of the jejunal juice in acute infectious enterocolitis showed the absence of fraction III with alpha1-globulin migration, and increased fractions I, II and IV probably due to the loss of endointestinal albumin, also confirmed by quantitative albumin determinations with 131I labeled albumin. In conclusion, patients with acute infectious enterocolitis present a marked loss of endointestinal albumins in the acute stage of the disease, with a return to normal values in convalescence.