The lactulose breath hydrogen test and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1795-1803

  Mclver, Christopher J ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM PH; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH PH;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTULOSE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH;

EID: 0029814474     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Rhodes JM, Middleton P, Jewell DP. The lactulose hydrogen breath test as a diagnostic test for small-bowel bacterial overgrowth. Scand J Gastroenterol 1979:14:333-6.
2. Davidson GP, Robb TA, Kirubakaran CP. Bacterial contamination of the small intestine as an important cause of chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain: Diagnosis by breath hydrogen test. Pediatrics 1984; 74:229-35.