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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Diagnosed by a Breath Test and Improved by Rifaximin in a Patient with Hepatic Encephalopathy and Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
A 66-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with grade 2 hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Abdominal computed tomography and laboratory examinations revealed decompensated liver cirrhosis. Intravenous administration of branched-chain amino acids immediately ameliorated the HE, and lactulose w...
Autores principales: | Sakamaki, Akira, Yokoyama, Kunihiko, Yamazaki, Fusako, Kamimura, Hiroteru, Kamimura, Kenya, Takamura, Masaaki, Yokoyama, Junji, Terai, Shuji |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7474984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321898 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4593-20 |
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