It is Time to Re-Think the Role of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in IBS Patients

Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Sep;111(9):1364. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.290.

Authors

Edoardo Savarino¹, Manuele Furnari², Andrea Ottonello³, Vincenzo Savarino²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Integrated Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 27580788
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.290

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MeSH terms

Bacterial Infections*
Breath Tests
Humans
Intestine, Small / microbiology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome / microbiology*