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. 1988 Jul-Aug;16(4):312-6.
doi: 10.1177/030006058801600410.

Treatment of small intestine bacterial overgrowth with rifaximin, a non-absorbable rifamycin

G R Corazza  1 , M Ventrucci, A Strocchi, M Sorge, L Pranzo, R Pezzilli, G Gasbarrini
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Treatment of small intestine bacterial overgrowth with rifaximin, a non-absorbable rifamycin

G R Corazza et al. J Int Med Res. 1988 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

In twelve patients affected by small bowel bacterial overgrowth, diagnosed by means of the lactulose hydrogen breath test, the therapeutic efficacy of a non-absorbable derivative of rifamycin, rifaximin, was evaluated. This study showed that this drug has a satisfactory therapeutic efficacy in contaminated small bowel syndrome and, at the doses tested, is free of side-effects.

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