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Rediscover the clinical value of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with intestinal Behçet's disease : Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
January 26 2018
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Abstract
Many patients with intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) still suffer from gastrointestinal
symptoms despite the disease being in endoscopic or radiological remission. Previous
studies report that small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) can be associated
with inflammatory bowel disease. However, there have been no reports about SIBO in
patients with intestinal BD. We sought to identify the frequency of SIBO in patients
with inactive intestinal BD by hydrogen breath test (HBT) and to investigate the efficacy
of rifaximin as a treatment for SIBO.