2013 Research Articles

Overview

• Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth: Often Ignored Cause of IBS.
• Review article: small intestinal bacterial overgrowth--prevalence, clinical features, current and developing diagnostic tests, and treatment.  PMID: 23957651
• Diagnosis and management of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.  PMID: 23614961

• Gastrointestinal bacterial overgrowth: pathogenesis and clinical significance.  PMID: 23997926

Cause/Risk Factors

• Dysmotility and proton pump inhibitor use are independent risk factors for small intestinal bacterial and/or fungal overgrowth.  PMID: 23574267
• Proton pump inhibitor use and the risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: a meta-analysis.  PMID: 23270866

Associated Diseases

• The impact of alcohol consumption and cholecystectomy on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. PMID: 24323179
• The prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and methane production in patients with myelomeningocele and constipation.  PMID: 24247567
• The role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in Parkinson's disease.  PMID: 23712625
  
  

Symptoms

• Methanogens, Methane and Gastrointestinal Motility.  PMID: 24466443

Testing

• Diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in the clinical practice.  PMID: 24443065
• Tricks for interpreting and making a good report on hydrogen and 13C breath tests.  PMID: 24443074
• Breath Testing for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Maximizing Test Accuracy.  PMID: 24095975
• Association between symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and methane and hydrogen on lactulose breath test.  PMID: 23772156

Antibiotic Treatment

• Effectiveness of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and metronidazole in the treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in children living in a slum.  PMID: 23974062 

Antibiotic Treatment: Rifaximin

• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth produces symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome which are improved by rifaximin. A pilot study.  PMID: 24620626
• [Role of rifaximin in correction of IBS-like symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease]. – in Russian  PMID: 24294774
• Meta-analysis: antibiotic therapy for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.  PMID: 24004101
• Comment on: Rifaximin in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. is there a high risk for development of antimicrobial resistance?  PMID: 23751850
• Rifaximin treatment for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in children with irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 23740443
• Rosacea and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: prevalence and response to rifaximin.  PMID: 23602178
• Rifaximin in irritable bowel syndrome: rationale, evidence and clinical use.  PMID: 23556126
• Rifaximin in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: is there a high risk for development of antimicrobial resistance?  PMID: 23340064

Probiotics

• Effect of probiotic or prebiotic supplementation on antibiotic therapy in the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: a comparative evaluation.  PMID: 23244247
• A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial on probiotics in small bowel bacterial overgrowth in children treated with omeprazole.  PMID: 23796359

Microbiome

• Intestinal microbiota and immune function in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 23886861

Low FODMAP Diet

• Role of dietary FODMAPs in IBS-related symptoms.  PMID: 24287303
• Diet as a therapy for irritable bowel syndrome: progress at last.  PMID: 24275241
• A diet low in FODMAPs reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 24076059
• The Low FODMAP Diet for Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Other Gastrointestinal Disorders.  PMID: 23935555
• The low FODMAP diet improves gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective study.  PMID: 23701141

Diet & IBS

• The relationship of food intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome in adults.  PMID: 23899486
• Effect of fructose-reduced diet in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, and its correlation to a standard fructose breath test.  PMID: 23834159
• A dietary survey of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 23659729
• Self-reported food-related gastrointestinal symptoms in IBS are common and associated with more severe symptoms and reduced quality of life.  PMID: 23644955


• Dietary changes help those with irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 23614304
• A controlled trial of gluten-free diet in patients with irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea: effects on bowel frequency and intestinal function.  PMID: 23357715
• Prevalence and presentation of lactose intolerance and effects on dairy product intake in healthy subjects and patients with irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 23246646 
• Food patch testing for irritable bowel syndrome.  PMID: 23102771
• Nutrient intake in patients with irritable bowel syndrome compared with the general population.  PMID: 22937900
  

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