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Small intestinal bacterial growth in systemic sclerosis
Author(s) -
COBDEN I.,
AXON A.T.R.,
GHONEIM A.T.,
McGOLDRICK J.,
ROWELL N.R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1980.tb01662.x
Subject(s) - small intestinal bacterial overgrowth , medicine , bacterial overgrowth , hydrogen breath test , gastroenterology , progressive systemic sclerosis , breath test , irritable bowel syndrome , disease , helicobacter pylori
Summary Twenty unselected patients with proven systemic sclerosis had cultures of jejunal juice, and glucose/hydrogen breath tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Seven had counts of over I0 6 organisms/ml, higher than was ever found in a control group. Four of these seven had a positive breath test. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth appears to be relatively common in systemic sclerosis, affecting approximately one‐third of unselected patients.