However a lot of limitations including high costs and invasivity prevent from using this test in the clinical practice. Culture of intestinal aspirates remains at present the gold standard for SIBO diagnosis. In worst cases it may configure a real malabsorption syndrome.
SIBO could be asymptomatic, or leading to aspecific gastrointestinal IBS-like symptoms. The clinical picture of SIBO patients is extremely variable, depending of underlying disorders, and both patients and microbiota characteristics. RESULTS: SIBO is common in the presence of one or more predisposing conditions.
SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH FULL
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Full papers from 1990 to present available on the Pubmed database concerning the topic of SIBO diagnosis were critically reviewed. Its qualitative and/or quantitative unbalance may facilitate the occurrence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).ĪIM: To review the available data in order to propose a practical approach to SIBO diagnosis in the clinical setting. BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota plays several beneficial effects on the human host.
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