TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumoperitoneum and ascites secondary to bacterial overgrowth
AU - Raju, G. S.
AU - Rao, Satish S.C.
AU - Lu, C.
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - Abdominal bloating, weight loss, pneumoperitoneum, and ascites developed in a 73-year-old woman. She had scleroderma, megajejunum, small bowel dysmotility, and bacterial overgrowth. After treatment with a course of antibiotics, the pneumoperitoneum and ascites resolved, but her symptoms and the pneumoperitoneum recurred after the antibiotics were stopped. She was placed on cyclical antibiotics, and during a 2-year follow-up period she has remained well. The pneumoperitoneum and ascites may have been secondary to small bowel bacterial overgrowth. Ours is the first case that demonstrates this association.
AB - Abdominal bloating, weight loss, pneumoperitoneum, and ascites developed in a 73-year-old woman. She had scleroderma, megajejunum, small bowel dysmotility, and bacterial overgrowth. After treatment with a course of antibiotics, the pneumoperitoneum and ascites resolved, but her symptoms and the pneumoperitoneum recurred after the antibiotics were stopped. She was placed on cyclical antibiotics, and during a 2-year follow-up period she has remained well. The pneumoperitoneum and ascites may have been secondary to small bowel bacterial overgrowth. Ours is the first case that demonstrates this association.
KW - Ascites
KW - Bacterial overgrowth
KW - Pneumoperitoneum
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U2 - 10.1097/00004836-199712000-00028
DO - 10.1097/00004836-199712000-00028
M3 - Article
C2 - 9451689
AN - SCOPUS:0031445099
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 25
SP - 688
EP - 690
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 4
ER -