Microbes
Called "bad yeast"; can cause yeast infections.
Candida
Health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.
Diabetes
Used to rule out secret drinking or alcoholism.
Psychiatric evaluation
A dangerous complication that ABS can cause.
Alcohol poisoning
Spreads from person-to-person contact. Associated with pneumonia.
Klebsiella pneumonia
Routine consumption of high amounts of sugar or carbohydrates.
High sugar/carbohydrate diet
Blood alcohol level
ABS produces this type of alcohol
Ethonol
"bakers yeast"; species of yeast found in bread
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat.
Obesity
Determines family history, dietary habits, alcohol consumption, symptoms of unexplained intoxication.
For treatment, patients should avoid consuming this
sugars and carbohydrates
Transmitted due to poor hygiene. Lives in GI tract. Can cause neonatal meningitis.
Enterococcus faecium
Use of this drug can lead to ABS.
Antibiotics
Patient is given glucose, blood alcohol level is monitored over 24 hours.
Glucose Challenge Test (GCT)
This drug can help with overgrowth of fungus in the GI tract.
Antifuncal medication
Used as medicine/probiotic; typically used to treat diarrhea, acne and a digestive tract infection.
Saccharomyces boulardii
A type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.
Chron's disease
Can determine if excessive levels of ABS-causing microbes are in the body.
Stool sample
Those with ABS can have blood alcohol levels that are this many times above the legal limit.
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