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SUBMITTER: Rao SSC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5915536 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rao Satish S C SSC Tan George G Abdulla Hamza H Yu Siegfried S Larion Sebastian S Leelasinjaroen Pornchai P
Clinical and translational gastroenterology 20180425 4
<h4>Objectives</h4>After subtotal colectomy, 40% of patients report chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and poor quality of life. Its etiology is unknown. We determined whether small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or small intestinal fungal overgrowth (SIFO) cause gastrointestinal symptoms after colectomy.<h4>Methods</h4>Consecutive patients with unexplained abdominal pain, gas, bloating and diarrhea (>1 year), and without colectomy (controls), and with colectomy were evaluated with sympto ...[more]