PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E P Schoorel
AU  - M A Giesberts
AU  - W Blom
AU  - H H van Gelderen
TI  - D-Lactic acidosis in a boy with short bowel syndrome.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.55.10.810
DP  - 1980 Oct 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 810--812
VI  - 55
IP  - 10
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/10/810.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/10/810.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1980 Oct 01; 55
AB  - Metabolic acidosis in a 3-year-old child with short bowel syndrome led to the discovery of massive D-lactic aciduria. After normalisation of the intestinal bacterial flora, D-lactate disappeared together with the acidosis. Dysbacteriosis with excessive production of D-lactate by intestinal bacteria (unidentified) and subsequent absorption explains this unusual cause of metabolic acidosis.