Purpose: To provide a clinical framework for the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial
cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Materials and Methods: A systematic review of the literature …

The pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), once thought to be largely psychogenic
in origin, is now understood to be multifactorial. One of the reasons for this paradigm shift is …

Background The diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) remains
challenging. Our aim was to examine the diagnostic yield of duodenal aspiration/culture and …

A clinical guideline and algorism for interstitial cystitis and hypersensitive bladder syndrome
has been developed by a group of East Asian urologists as a revised form of the Japanese …

Objective: Patients with small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) have chronic intestinal
and extraintestinal symptomatology which adversely affects their quality of life. Present …

In the healthy host, enteric bacteria colonize the alimentary tract soon after birth, and the
composition of the intestinal microflora remains relatively constant throughout life. Because …

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a heterogeneous syndrome which is
usually characterized by urinary frequency, nocturia, and bladder pain. Several …

ABSTRACT A huge number of bacteria are hosted in the gastrointestinal tract, following a
gradient increasing towards the colon. Gastric acid secretion and intestinal clearance …

Background A growing body of evidence suggests that dysbiosis contributes to the onset
and symptomatology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other functional bowel disorders …

While it is generally accepted that gastrointestinal infections can cause functional
disturbances in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract—known as postinfectious irritable …