CellWell record HH-418341
A national consensus guideline on the performance and interpretation of hydrogen- and methane-based breath tests for carbohydrate malabsorption, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and intestinal methanogen overgrowth
T. Perets; Tamar Thurm; Meirav Ben-Yehoyada; L. Deutsch; Yishai Ron; Ronnie Baruch; E. Niv; Tiberiu Hershcovici; O. Picard; T. Engel; T. Zangen; Sigal Frishman
Annals of gastroenterology : quarterly publication of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology ยท 2026
In plain language
This national consensus guideline recommends measuring hydrogen and methane together on breath tests and using lactulose as the preferred substrate for SIBO and methanogen overgrowth testing.
- Evidence
- Emerging
- Design
- Primary research (design unspecified)
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