Eradication of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3503-3506

  Anderson, Monte L ^a,b   Pasha, Tousif M ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033636668     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02161-4     Document Type: Article

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