A systematic review of diagnostic tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1443-1454

  Khoshini, Reza ^a   Dai, Sun Chuan ^b   Lezcano, Sheila ^b   Pimentel, Mark ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath test; Diagnostic test; Small bowel culture; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; RIFAXIMIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONICS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE BACTERIUM OVERGROWTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY; XYLOSE TEST;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL;

EID: 43049092310     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-0065-1     Document Type: Review

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