Small intestine bacterial overgrowth: an underdiagnosed cause of diarrhea in patients with pancreatic cancer

JOP. 2009 Sep 4;10(5):576-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Bacteria / growth & development*
  • Blind Loop Syndrome / chemically induced
  • Blind Loop Syndrome / complications
  • Blind Loop Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Blind Loop Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Diarrhea / diagnosis*
  • Diarrhea / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Norfloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Norfloxacin