Diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in clinical praxis: A comparison of the culture of small bowel aspirate, duodenal biopsies and gastric aspirate

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1018-1022

  Stotzer, Per Ove ^a   Brandberg, Ake ^b   Kilander, Anders F ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial overgrowth; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH SUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH;

EID: 0031664260     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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