Nature microbiology
Gut microbial ethanol metabolism contributes to auto-brewery syndrome in an observational cohort.
Cynthia L Hsu, Shikha Shukla, Linton Freund, Annie C Chou, Yongqiang Yang, Ryan Bruellman, Fernanda Raya Tonetti, Noemí Cabré, Susan Mayo, Hyun Gyu Lim, Valeria Magallan, Barbara J Cordell, Sonja Lang, Münevver Demir, Peter Stärkel
Published: 202610.1038/s41564-025-02225-y
Abstract
Auto-brewery syndrome (ABS) is a rarely diagnosed disorder of alcohol intoxication due to gut microbial ethanol production. Despite case reports and a small cohort study, the microbiological profiles of patients remain poorly understood. Here we cond…
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