Severe illness caused by the products of bacterial metabolism in a child with a short gut
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Severe illness caused by the products of bacterial metabolism in a child with a short gut
Abstract
An 8-year-old boy with a short gut had six episodes of metabolic acidosis and neurological dysfunction over a 1 month period. The neurological features consisted of a depressed conscious state, confusion, aggressive behaviour, slurred speech and ataxia. The organic acid profile of urine demonstrated increased amounts of lactic, 3-hydroxypropionic, 3-hydroxyisobutyric, 2-hydroxyisocaproic, phenyllactic, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic and 4-hydroxyphenyllactic acids. Of the lactic acid 99% was D-lactic acid. The anaerobic gut flora consisted almost entirely of Lactobacilli in unusually large numbers. A course of vancomycin prevented further episodes. A urinary organic acid profile may be diagnostic when a person with a short gut develops metabolic acidosis or an unusual encephalopathy and bacterial metabolites should be considered in other patients with unusual combinations of organic acids in the urine.
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