Diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in children: The use of lactulose in the breath hydrogen test as a screening test;Diagnóstico de proliferación bacteriana intestinal en niños: Evidencia experimental para sustentar el empleo de lactulosa en la prueba de hidrógeno y su validación como prueba tamiz

Biomedica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Mendoza, Evelyn ^a   Crismatt, Carlos ^b   Matos, Ramón ^a   Sabagh, Olga ^a   Campo, Mercedes ^a   Cepeda, Johana ^a   Villanueva, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD LIBRE   (Colombia)

^b Centro de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia Pediátrica   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections diagnosis; Intestines; Lactase; Lactulose; Sensitivity and specificity; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 45949095295     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v27i3.195     Document Type: Article

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