Assessment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in uncomplicated acute diverticulitis of the colon

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2773-2776

  Tursi, Antonio ^a,d   Brandimarte, Giovanni ^b   Giorgetti, Gian Marco ^c   Elisei, Walter ^b  

^a Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital   (Italy)

^b Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oro cecal transit time; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; MESALAZINE; PENTACOL 800; RIFACOL; RIFAXIMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FEVER; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 18944380179     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i18.2773     Document Type: Article

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