0.05).Large amounts of E.coli and intestinal aerobics such as Veillonella spp.,Bacteriodes fragilis,and Clostridium spp.were detected in patients with B-Ⅰ and B-Ⅱ especially the latter but not found in those with PAFPG.These findings suggest that intragastric bacterial overgrowth,can exist in the hypoacidic stumps in the first one to three years afte conventional gastrectomy especially after B-Ⅱ,no such occurrence is found in those after PAFPG since it only moderately reduces the intragastric acidity.