People with auto-brewery syndrome may become legally intoxicated without drinking—research points to gut bacteria such as E. coli and Klebsiella as key suspects

People with auto-brewery syndrome may become legally intoxicated without drinking—research points to gut bacteria such as E. coli and Klebsiella as key suspects

The largest study of auto-brewery syndrome suggests gut bacteria, including E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, can produce enough ethanol to intoxicate patients without alcohol consumption.