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- Title
Small bowel bacterial overgrowth is a common cause of chronic diarrhea.
- Authors
Teo, Marcus; Chung, Stephen; Chitti, Lauri; Tran, Cuong; Kritas, Stamatiki; Butler, Ross; Cummins, Adrian
- Abstract
Often a cause for chronic non-specific diarrhea (> or =3 stools per day for more than 4 weeks) is not identified. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) can occur without morphological damage and remains difficult to diagnose. Often diarrhea is treated empirically with antibiotics with a good response. The aims of the present study were first to investigate the prevalence of SBO in a consecutive series of patients with chronic diarrhea and second to compare the utility of duodenal fluid culture and (14)C-d-xylose breath/lactulose test in diagnosing SBO.
- Publication
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2004, Vol 19, Issue 8, p904
- ISSN
0815-9319
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03376.x