Tropical sprue is associated with contamination of small bowel with aerobic bacteria and reversible prolongation of orocecal transit time

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 540-547

  Ghoshal, Uday C ^a   Ghoshal, Ujjala ^a   Ayyagari, Archana ^a   Ranjan, Piyush ^a   Krishnani, Narendra ^a   Misra, Asha ^a   Aggarwal, Rakesh ^a   Naik, Sita ^a   Naik, Subhash R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breath test; Gut transit time; Malabsorption syndrome; Small bowel aspirate; Tropical enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTULOSE; TETRACYCLINE; XYLOSE;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; JEJUNUM; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; TROPICAL SPRUE;

EID: 0037716545     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03006.x     Document Type: Article

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