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D-lactate in serum/plasma
Indications:
- evaluation of bacterial overgrowth in the GI tract
- short bowel syndrome (postpoperative bacterial overgrowth)
Clinical significance:
- D-lactate is
- produced by intestinal flora
- not metabolised by mammals; elimination via renal excretion
Increases:
- a sign of bacterial overgrowth in the GI tract
- short bowel syndrome (postpoperative bacterial overgrowth)
- increases uncommon in humans, common among ruminants
- increased with short bowel syndrome
General
D-lactate in body fluid
References
- Biolab Medical Unit. Nutritional and Environmental
Laboratory. London England
D-Lactate
http://www.biolab.co.uk/docs/dlactate.pdf