Dietary management of D-lactic acidosis in short bowel syndrome.

Mayne, A J; Handy, D J; Preece, M A; George, R H; Booth, I W · Arch Dis Child · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Manipulation of carbohydrate intake was used to treat severe, recurrent D-lactic acidosis in a patient with short bowel syndrome. Dietary carbohydrate composition was determined after assessment of D-lactic acid production from various carbohydrate substrates by faecal flora in vitro. This approach may be preferable to repeated courses of antibiotics.

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