Evaluation of the "breath test" in the detection of bacterial colonisation of the upper gastrointestinal tract

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Bacteria / isolation & purification
• Bacteria / metabolism
• Bacteroides / isolation & purification
• Bile Acids and Salts / metabolism
• Carbon Dioxide / analysis
• Carbon Isotopes
• Clostridium / isolation & purification
• Diverticulum / microbiology
• Female
• Gastrointestinal Diseases / microbiology
• Glycine / administration & dosage
• Humans
• Intestine, Small / microbiology*
• Lactobacillus / isolation & purification
• Male
• Respiration*
• Staphylococcus / isolation & purification
• Streptococcus / isolation & purification
• Veillonella / isolation & purification
• Yeasts / isolation & purification