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Erosive esophagitis may be related to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Authors
Kim, KM  | Kim, BT  | Lee, DJ  | Park, SB  | Joo, NS  | Kim, YS | Kim, KN
Citation
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 47(5). : 493-498, 2012
Journal Title
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
ISSN
0036-55211502-7708
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Erosive esophagitis (EE) may be related to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) because gastro-esophageal reflux disease has been a comorbid condition of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which has been associated with SIBO. We conducted a pilot study to investigate whether EE was associated with SIBO.



MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with EE according to the Los Angeles classification criteria and 29 sex- and age-matched subjects without EE were enrolled. All subjects underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy and a lactulose hydrogen breath test. A peak of H₂ values >20 ppm above the basal value after 10 g of lactulose ingestion was considered abnormal and suggestive of SIBO.



RESULTS: Abnormal lactulose hydrogen breath test results were found in 67% of EE patients, as compared with 37% in the control group; the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.024). Among the subjects without IBS, subjects with EE and controls had 65% and 31% abnormal lactulose hydrogen breath test results, respectively; the difference was also statistically significant (p = 0.032).



CONCLUSIONS: Subjects with EE had a higher prevalence of SIBO, as assessed by the lactulose hydrogen breath test, with respect to a control group. These findings may suggest that EE is associated with SIBO.
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DOI
10.3109/00365521.2012.668932
PMID
22416969
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Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Family Practice & Community Health
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김, 광민  |  김, 규남  |  김, 범택  |  박, 샛별  |  이, 득주  |  주, 남석
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