Table 1 Potential causes of secondary or acquired sucrase-isomaltase deficiency or maldigestion
From: The clinical consequences of sucrase-isomaltase deficiency
Villous atrophy or alteration |
Celiac disease |
Non-tropical sprue |
Chemotherapy and radiation enteropathy |
Crohn’s disease |
Allergic enteropathy |
Immunodeficiency |
Malnutrition |
Infection |
Acute gastroenteritis |
Giardiasis |
Tropical sprue |
HIV enteropathy |
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth |
Rapid transit |
Rapid gastric emptying |
Chronic nonspecific diarrhea |
Dumping syndrome |
Ulcerative, microscopic, and lymphocytic colitis |