The ‘Gold standard’ for diagnosing SIBO—culturing jejunal aspirate—has limitations. Numerous bacteria species do not grow in ...

Today, most SIBO diagnoses come by way of a breath test—which is safer, cheaper, and can even be done at home. You simply drink a sugary beverage and then blow into a tube at various intervals ...

One small 2004 study included people with IBS and abnormal lactulose breath test (LBT)—a sign of SIBO. Results showed that 80 ...

We believe that the Western criteria of the peak in breath hydrogen value of 20 ppm above basal within 90 min of ingestion of lactulose during lactulose HBT for diagnosis of SIBO in Asia is ...