Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndrome

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 16; no. 24; pp. 2978 - 2990
• Main Author: Bures, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2nd Department of Medicine, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic%Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic%Institute of Experimental Biopharmaceutics, Joint Research Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences and PRO.MED.CS Praha a.s., Heyrovskeho 1207, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic%Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 28.06.2010; Baishideng
• Subjects: Blind Loop Syndrome - epidemiology; Blind Loop Syndrome - etiology; Blind Loop Syndrome - physiopathology; Blind Loop Syndrome - therapy; Breath Tests; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Intestine, Small - microbiology; Intestine, Small - pathology; Prognosis; Topic Highlight; Methane; Breath test; Bacterial overgrowth; Hydrogen; Small intestine
• ISSN: 1007-9327; 2219-2840; 2219-2840
• DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i24.2978

Human intestinal microbiota create a complex polymi-crobial ecology. This is characterised by its high population density, wide diversity and complexity of interaction. Any dysbalance of this complex intestinal microbiome, both qualitative and quantitative, might have serious health consequence for a macro-organism, including small intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndrome (SIBO).SIBO is defined as an increase in the number and/or alteration in the type of bacteria in the upper gastro-intestinal tract. There...