Drunk Without Drinking: A Case of Auto-Brewery Syndrome

Information on auto-brewery syndrome is limited in the medical literature. This rare syndrome occurs when yeast overgrowth leads to ethanol fermentation in the gut. We present a patient presenting with symptoms of alcohol intoxication with objective laboratory data of elevated blood ethanol levels w...

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Autores principales: Akhavan, Bobak J., Ostrosky-Zeichner, Luis, Thomas, Eric J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6831150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31750376
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000208
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description Information on auto-brewery syndrome is limited in the medical literature. This rare syndrome occurs when yeast overgrowth leads to ethanol fermentation in the gut. We present a patient presenting with symptoms of alcohol intoxication with objective laboratory data of elevated blood ethanol levels without a history of alcohol consumption. We reviewed the literature and have discussed the current diagnostic and therapeutic options.
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spelling pubmed-68311502019-11-20 Drunk Without Drinking: A Case of Auto-Brewery Syndrome Akhavan, Bobak J. Ostrosky-Zeichner, Luis Thomas, Eric J. ACG Case Rep J Case Report Information on auto-brewery syndrome is limited in the medical literature. This rare syndrome occurs when yeast overgrowth leads to ethanol fermentation in the gut. We present a patient presenting with symptoms of alcohol intoxication with objective laboratory data of elevated blood ethanol levels without a history of alcohol consumption. We reviewed the literature and have discussed the current diagnostic and therapeutic options. Wolters Kluwer 2019-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6831150/ /pubmed/31750376 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000208 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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