title: Low breath hydrogen production in post-diarrheic infants.
abstract: Thirty hospitalized infants, aged 1 month to 15 months, who were more than 24 hours into a post-recovery period from diarrheic episodes were studied for breath hydrogen production due to intestinal lactulose fermentation. Only 16% of the infants demonstrated hydrogen production of greater than 20 parts per million (ppm) over the baseline. We conclude that a recovery period much longer than 24 hours from the last diarrheic episode is necessary to obtain any reliable data from breath hydrogen tests administered to infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D001944:Breath Tests; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D007223:Infant; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D006859:Hydrogen