title: [Small intestine flora in chagasic patients with megaesophagus and/or megacolon: study using the H2 breath test].
abstract: The author use the H2 breath test to study the small bowel microflora of chagasic patients with megaesophagus and/or megacolon. Compare this group with a control one. Find a significant increase (P < 0.05) in the small bowel flora of chagasic group. It is concluded that H2 breath is a simple and useful test to detect alteration in intestinal flora.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose
vernacular_title: Flora do delgado em megas chagásicos: estudo pelo teste do H2 respiratório.