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Title:
METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH (SIBO) AND SIBO-RELATED CONDITION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009102401
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To disclose a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject.

The SIBO-caused condition includes irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. The following are also disclosed: a method of screening the abnormal easiness of existence of SIBO in a human subject, a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject, and a method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject in which the serious proliferation (SIBO) of small bowel bacteria is detected.


Inventors:
LIN HENRY C
PIMENTEL MARK
Application Number:
JP2009016943A
Publication Date:
May 14, 2009
Filing Date:
January 28, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
International Classes:
A61K45/00; A01N31/00; G01N27/62; A23L33/00; A61K9/08; A61K9/10; A61K9/14; A61K9/22; A61K9/28; A61K9/48; A61K9/50; A61K31/138; A61K31/201; A61K31/353; A61K31/4045; A61K31/4178; A61K31/496; A61K33/18; A61K33/24; A61K33/40; A61K35/22; A61K35/23; A61K38/00; A61K38/17; A61K38/22; A61K38/43; A61K45/06; A61K49/00; A61K51/12; A61P1/00; A61P1/02; A61P1/04; A61P1/12; A61P3/00; A61P19/08; A61P21/00; A61P25/22; A61P25/24; A61P25/28; A61P27/02; A61P27/16; A61P29/00; A61P31/04; G01N30/62; G01N30/86; G01N30/88; G01N30/90; G01N33/497; G01N33/50; G01N33/68
Foreign References:
WO2001011077A22001-02-15
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sadao Kumakura
Nobuo Ogawa
Atsushi Hakoda
Kenji Asai