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Breath testing to evaluate lactose intolerance in irritable bowel syndrome correlates with lactulose testing and may not reflect true lactose malabsorption

✍ Scribed by Mark Pimentel; Yuthana Kong; Sandy Park

Book ID: 119395261
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 80 KB
Volume: 98
Category: Article
ISSN: 0002-9270
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9270(03)01703-9

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## Summary **Background** : Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and sugar malabsorption (lactose, fructose, sorbitol) may play a role in irritable bowel syndrome. The lactulose breath test is a reliable and non‐invasive test for the diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The lactose,