Scintigraphy Demonstrates High Rate of False-positive Results From Glucose Breath Tests for Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 203-208

  Lin, Emery C ^a   Massey, Benson T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Analysis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Lactulose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BREATH TEST; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SMALL BOWEL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; AGED; BLIND LOOP SYNDROME; COLON; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; WISCONSIN;

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ADULT; AGED; BLIND LOOP SYNDROME; BREATH TESTS; COLON; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MALE; METHANE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84958978786     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.07.032     Document Type: Article

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