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2721008

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
Concentrations of total and unconjugated bile acids in serum were measured fasting and 2 h postprandially in 9 patients with a positive [14C]glycocholate breath test consistent with small bowel bacterial overgrowth and in 13 controls. Gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GLC-MS) and enzymatic-fluorometric assays were both used. In contrast to previous work, total serum bile acids were only occasionally elevated in patients with bacterial overgrowth. Total 2 h postprandial unconjugated bile acids, however, were elevated in 7/9 patients when measured by GLC-MS and in 6/9 when measured by the enzymatic-fluorometric method. The best separation between patients and controls was achieved by GLC-MS determinations of 2 h postprandial unconjugated cholic acid or primary bile acids, which were abnormal in 8/9 patients. This study indicates that measurement of serum bile acids may be a useful approach to the diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth, but would require accessible methods for separating and measuring cholic acid or unconjugated primary bile acids in post-prandial sera.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0009-8981
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
181
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-101
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum unconjugated bile acids in patients with small bowel bacterial overgrowth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article