Factors associated with the presence of abnormal levels of fecal calprotectin in patients with negative panenteric studies.
Juan Egea ValenzuelaElena Iglesias JorqueraFrancisco Javier Álvarez-HiguerasMaría Muñoz TorneroAna Pereñíguez LópezEsther Estrella DíezFernando Alberca de Las ParrasPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)
smoking and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are strongly associated with elevated levels of fecal calprotectin in symptomatic patients with a negative colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy of the small bowel. Small intestine bacterial overgrowth is also associated.