Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	7061
Country	India

Received	2013-11-02 15:14
Peer-Review Started	2013-11-04 16:56
To Make the First Decision	2013-12-16 17:30
Return for Revision	2013-12-17 19:48
Revised	2014-01-07 16:06
Second Decision	2014-02-20 09:10
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-02-20 09:23
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Irritable bowel syndrome and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: Meaningful association or unnecessary hype
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Uday C Ghoshal and Deepakshi Srivastava
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Uday C Ghoshal, MD, DNB, DM, FACG, RFF, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India. udayghoshal@gmail.com
Key Words	Glucose hydrogen breath test; Lactulose hydrogen breath test; Functional bowel disease; Dysbiosis; Gut flora
Core Tip	Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been conventionally thought to be a disorder without an organic basis. However, recently data are emerging to show that it may have organic basis at least in a subset of patients. Though several studies reported an association between small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and IBS, the frequency of SIBO reported to vary between 4% and 78%. The current review suggests that the association between SIBO and IBS is definite, but the studies reporting high prevalence of SIBO in IBS over-estimated its frequency due to use of fallacious diagnostic methods. Better test to diagnose SIBO in patients with IBS is highly needed.
Publish Date	2014-03-12 14:46
Citation	Ghoshal UC, Srivastava D. Irritable bowel syndrome and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: Meaningful association or unnecessary hype. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(10): 2482-2491
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i10/2482.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i10.2482

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