Glucose breath test and Crohn's disease: Diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and evaluation of therapeutic response

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1376-1381

  Greco, Anna ^a   Caviglia, Gian Paolo ^b   Brignolo, Paola ^a   Ribaldone, Davide Giuseppe ^a   Reggiani, Stefania ^a   Sguazzini, Carlo ^a   Smedile, Antonina ^b   Pellicano, Rinaldo ^a   Resegotti, Andrea ^a   Astegiano, Marco ^a   Bresso, Francesca ^c  

^a CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Glucose breath test; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ENTEROLACTIS PLUS; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPH; GLUCOSE BREATH TEST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREATH TESTS; CROHN DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84945177857     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2015.1050691     Document Type: Article

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