Prevalence and Impact on Quality of Life of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)-Related Symptoms in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer [PDF]
Introduction: Although patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer have an increased risk of developing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) due to disease- and treatment-related factors, SIBO remains underdiagnosed in oncology.
Rosa Rosania +7 more
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Potential subtype-specific alterations in gut microbiota and branched-chain amino acid metabolism in hydrogen- and methane-predominant small intestinal bacterial overgrowth [PDF]
We aimed to investigate the clinical, microbiome, and metabolomic characteristics of hydrogen (H₂)- and methane (CH₄)-predominant small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) subtypes.
Ziteng Wang +11 more
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Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is characterized by abnormal and excessive amounts of bacteria in the small intestine. Since symptoms and lab tests are non-specific, the diagnosis of SIBO is highly dependent on breath testing.
Rong Hao, Lun Zhang, Yajun Liu
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Fecal calprotectin (FC) is a quick, cost-effective, and noninvasive test, which is used to diagnose patients with active inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
Beata Polkowska-Pruszyńska +2 more
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Cirrhosis
Background: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is associated with numerous manifestations of cirrhosis. To determine whether the presence of SIBO affects the prognosis in cirrhosis was the aim of the study.
Irina Efremova +4 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Introduction: The human digestive tract contains 38 trillion bacteria in the colon. Physiologically, there is much less of them in other parts of digestive tract. The concentration of bacterial colonies grows along the intestine.
Karolina Zadrozna +6 more
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Background: In the clinical setting, it is not common practice to consider a vector bite, such as from a tick or flea, to be a contributing factor to chronic digestive symptoms.
Michael D. Erdman +6 more
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Overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is one of the complications of liver cirrhosis (LC), which negatively affects the prognosis and quality of life of patients.
Kunihiko Yokoyama +13 more
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Association of food patterns with different forms of small intestinal bacterial overgroth syndrome and treatment efficacy [PDF]
Aim. To assess food patterns in patients with different types of SIBO and their impact onto the course and treatment outcomes. Materials and methods. The data of 988 patients who signed informed consent surved as a source data.
V I Pilipenko +4 more
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY AT A REFERRAL CENTER [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) appears to be common in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD). The rate of SIBO has been estimated at 25%-88% in this setting.
Erika Ruback BERTGES +1 more
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