Question 1

What does SIBO Fingerprint mean?

Accepted Answer

In adults, I make very precise notes about the physical improvements my patients experience within the first month after treatment with rifaximin. This collective set of symptoms is what I referred to as the SIBO fingerprint.  I then use these changes in symptoms to check for bacterial overgrowth relapses because a relapse will often result in the return of many of the same symptoms that resolved originally on rifaximin.

Question 2

What does SIBO Fingerprint mean?

Accepted Answer

In adults, I make very precise notes about the physical improvements my patients experience within the first month after treatment with rifaximin. This collective set of symptoms is what I referred to as the SIBO fingerprint.  I then use these changes in symptoms to check for bacterial overgrowth relapses because a relapse will often result in the return of many of the same symptoms that resolved originally on rifaximin.