Use of the lactose-[13C]ureide breath test for diagnosis of small bowel bacterial overgrowth: Comparison to the glucose hydrogen breath test

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 944-951

  Berthold, Heiner K ^a,d   Schober, Patrick ^a,b   Scheurlen, Christian ^a   Marklein, Günter ^a   Horré, Regine ^a   Gouni Berthold, Ioanna ^c   Sauerbruch, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucose hydrogen breath test; Glycosyl ureide; Lactose ureide; Small bowel bacterial overgrowth; Stable isotope breath test

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE UREIDE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON FLORA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOSE UREIDE BREATH TEST; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL BOWEL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; UREA BREATH TEST; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL INTESTINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 70349652389     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0097-8     Document Type: Article

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