Critical evaluation of diagnosing bacterial overgrowth in the proximal small intestine

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1095-1102

  Kerckhoffs, Angèle P M ^a   Visser, Maarten R ^a   Samsom, Melvin ^a   Van Der Rest, Michel E ^b   De Vogel, Joris ^b   Harmsen, Wil ^a   Akkermans, Louis M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b BioVisible BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactulose hydrogen breath test; Small bowel bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; METHANE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLUID; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROPATHY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTULOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149237865     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31818474d7     Document Type: Article

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