Auto-brewery syndrome in a child with short gut syndrome: case report and review of the literature.

Endogenous production of alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract of humans was first reported in 1948 (1). Several cases were reported particularly in Japan and then from around the world (1–8). The term “auto-brewery syndrome” has been used to describe patients who become repeatedly inebriated after ingestion of food of high carbohydrate nature in the presence of abnormal yeast proliferation, particularly of Candida species (8). To our knowledge, the association of auto-brewery syndrome with short gut syndrome in children has not been reported. The purpose of this article is to decribe one patient with this unusual syndrome and discuss its diagnosis and treatment.