Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Symptom Score
Purpose: | To determine the effect of oral antibiotics on clinical symptoms associated with bacterial overgrowth of the small bowel as proposed by Castiglione et al. |
Specialty: | Gastroenterology Nutrition |
Objective: | clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics |
ICD-10: | K90.2, K90.4 |
Description: | Castiglione et al developed a simple symptom score to monitor the impact of antibiotic therapy in a patient with bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine. This can help determine the clinical effectiveness of the antibiotics. The authors are from the Universita Federico II in Naples, Italia. |
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