Antibiotic-responsive malabsorption: a tropical sprue-like syndrome in countries with temperate climates
Enat, R.; Pollack, S.; Joffe, B.; Barzilai, D.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 17(5): 367-369
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 7263195 Document Number: 182188
Antibiotic-responsive malabsorption is prevalent in the tropics, but has been seen only sporadically in countries with temperate climates. We describe a 19-year-old Israeli patient who has never left the country and was hospitalized with shigellosis and malabsorption of fat and D-xylose. A short course of ampicillin reversed the malabsorption. The syndrome of antibiotic-responsive malabsorption in countries with temperate climates may well be underdiagnosed and should be looked for more actively.