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- Auto-brewery syndrome: probably an under-diagnosed medical condition https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000325 27 comments
- Case report of a man who appeared drunk and was arrested for drunk driving even though he had never drunk alcohol. He was diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition where fungal yeast took over his gut microbiome after a course of antibiotics, which fermented carbohydrates to alcohol. https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000325 345 comments science