Search filters

List of works by Mark Pimentel

"Pre-cebo": an unrecognized issue in the interpretation of adequate relief during irritable bowel syndrome drug trials

scientific article

A 14-day elemental diet is highly effective in normalizing the lactulose breath test

scientific article published on January 2004

A Predictive Model to Estimate Cost Savings of a Novel Diagnostic Blood Panel for Diagnosis of Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

A combination of rifaximin and neomycin is most effective in treating irritable bowel syndrome patients with methane on lactulose breath test

scientific article published on September 2010

A definitive blood test for post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome?

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

A new rat model links two contemporary theories in irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article published on 13 October 2007

A systematic review of diagnostic tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

scientific article

Abnormal breath testing in IBS: a meta-analysis

scientific article

Acute and Chronic Histological Changes of the Small Bowel Secondary to C. jejuni Infection in a Rat Model for Post-Infectious IBS

scientific article published on March 16, 2011

An evidence-based treatment algorithm for IBS based on a bacterial/SIBO hypothesis: Part 2.

scientific article published in June 2010

Antibiotic treatment of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article published in May 2014

Antibiotics for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Rationale and Current Evidence

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Antibiotics for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article published on July 2011

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus Isolates from the Skin of Patients with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treated with Repeat Courses of Rifaximin

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Apple sauce improves detection of esophageal motor dysfunction during high-resolution manometry evaluation of dysphagia

scientific article

Assessment of Anti-vinculin and Anti-cytolethal Distending Toxin B Antibodies in Subtypes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Autoimmunity Links Vinculin to the Pathophysiology of Chronic Functional Bowel Changes Following Campylobacter jejuni Infection in a Rat Model

scientific article

Autoimmunity as a Potential Cause of Post-Infectious Gut Dysmotility: A Longitudinal Observation

scientific article published on April 2017

Bacteria and irritable bowel syndrome: the evidence for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

scientific article published on August 2006

Bacterial concepts in irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article published on January 2005

Biomarkers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article

Breath Testing for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Should We Bother?

scientific article

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

scientific article published in December 2003

Case studies of antibiotic therapy in the management of functional gastrointestinal disorders.

scientific article

Development and validation of a biomarker for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in human subjects

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Effects of Rifaximin Treatment and Retreatment in Nonconstipated IBS Subjects

scientific article published on May 11, 2011

Esophageal Motor Dysfunction and Gastroesophageal Reflux Are Prevalent in Lung Transplant Candidates

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Estimating the contribution of acute gastroenteritis to the overall prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article published on 9 April 2012

Evaluating a bacterial hypothesis in IBS using a modification of Koch's postulates: part 1.

scientific article published in April 2010

Evaluating breath methane as a diagnostic test for constipation-predominant IBS.

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Evaluation of Harm in the Pharmacotherapy of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Evaluation of peripapillary lymphocytosis and lymphocytic esophagitis in adult inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on August 2013

Evidence-based management of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea

scientific article published in January 2018

Gas and the microbiome

scientific article

Gastroesophageal reflux reported on esophagram does not correlate with pH monitoring and high-resolution esophageal manometry.

scientific article published in October 2014

Gastrointestinal bacterial overgrowth: pathogenesis and clinical significance

scientific article

Gender distribution in irritable bowel syndrome is proportional to the severity of constipation relative to diarrhea

scientific article published in June 2010

Healthy control subjects are poorly defined in case-control studies of irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article

History of Tonsillectomy Is Associated With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

How to Test and Treat Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: an Evidence-Based Approach

scientific article

Hydrogen and Methane-Based Breath Testing in Gastrointestinal Disorders: The North American Consensus

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

IBS subjects with methane on lactulose breath test have lower postprandial serotonin levels than subjects with hydrogen

scientific article published in January 2004

ICC density predicts bacterial overgrowth in a rat model of post-infectious IBS.

scientific article published on August 2010

Identification of a prodromal period in Crohn's disease but not ulcerative colitis

scientific article

Identifying and testing candidate genetic polymorphisms in irritable bowel syndrome: association with TNFSF15 and tumor necrosis factor-α

scientific article

Importance of Diarrhea in Evaluating Constipation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Clinical Studies

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

In vitro activity of rifaximin against isolates from patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

scientific article

Increased prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in patients with gastroesophageal reflux

scientific article

Inflammation and Microflora

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Influence of Dietary Restriction on Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Intestinal Methanobrevibacter smithii but not total bacteria is related to diet‐induced weight gain in rats

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Intestinal methane production in obese individuals is associated with a higher body mass index

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Intestinal methane production is associated with decreased weight loss following bariatric surgery

scientific article published on 2 July 2016

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Bacterial Overgrowth--What's Known and What to Do.

scientific article published on August 2007

Is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth involved in the pathogenesis of functional dyspepsia?

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Lactose intolerance and the role of the lactose breath test

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Low-dose nocturnal tegaserod or erythromycin delays symptom recurrence after treatment of irritable bowel syndrome based on presumed bacterial overgrowth.

scientific article

Lower frequency of MMC is found in IBS subjects with abnormal lactulose breath test, suggesting bacterial overgrowth

scientific article

Measurement of gastrointestinal transit

scientific article

Measuring response in the gastrointestinal tract in systemic sclerosis

scientific article

Metabolic effects of eradicating breath methane using antibiotics in prediabetic subjects with obesity

scientific article published on February 2016

Methane and the gastrointestinal tract

scientific article

Methane on Breath Testing Is Associated with Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Methane production during lactulose breath test is associated with gastrointestinal disease presentation

scientific article published in January 2003

Methane, a gas produced by enteric bacteria, slows intestinal transit and augments small intestinal contractile activity

scientific article

Methanobrevibacter smithii Is the Predominant Methanogen in Patients with Constipation-Predominant IBS and Methane on Breath

scientific article published on May 10, 2012

Methanogens in Human Health and Disease

article

Neomycin improves constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in a fashion that is dependent on the presence of methane gas: subanalysis of a double-blind randomized controlled study

scientific article

New clinical method for distinguishing D-IBS from other gastrointestinal conditions causing diarrhea: the LA/IBS diagnostic strategy

scientific article published on 24 January 2009

Normalization of lactulose breath testing correlates with symptom improvement in irritable bowel syndrome. a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

scientific article published in February 2003

Pathogen-Specific Risk of Celiac Disease Following Bacterial Causes of Foodborne Illness: A Retrospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on June 29, 2013

Pathogen-specific risk of chronic gastrointestinal disorders following bacterial causes of foodborne illness

scientific article published on March 8, 2013

Placebo effect in clinical trial design for irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article

Polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with an increased prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article published on 21 August 2009

Prevention of traveler's diarrhea: a call to reconvene.

scientific article

Probiotics for antibiotic-associated diarrhea: PLACIDE swings the pendulum

scientific article

Proton pump inhibitor therapy does not affect hydrogen production on lactulose breath test in subjects with IBS.

scientific article published on 16 October 2009

Psychological disorders in gastrointestinal disease: epiphenomenon, cause or consequence?

scientific article

Recorded lower esophageal pressures as a function of electronic sleeve placement and location of gastric pressure measurement in patients with hiatal hernia

scientific article published on 7 October 2013

Repeat Treatment With Rifaximin Is Safe and Effective in Patients With Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on 12 August 2016

Repeat treatment with rifaximin improves irritable bowel syndrome-related quality of life: a secondary analysis of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article

Report From the Multinational Irritable Bowel Syndrome Initiative 2012

scientific article published on April 30, 2013

Rifaximin Therapy for Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome without Constipation

scientific article published on January 6, 2011

Rifaximin versus other antibiotics in the primary treatment and retreatment of bacterial overgrowth in IBS.

scientific article

Risk of inflammatory bowel disease following a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article

Role of Cytolethal Distending Toxin in Altered Stool Form and Bowel Phenotypes in a Rat Model of Post-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome

scientific article published on October 9, 2012

Serum sTREM-1 as a surrogate marker of treatment outcome in patients with peptic ulcer disease

scientific article published on 02 June 2011

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is associated with irritable bowel syndrome and is independent of proton pump inhibitor usage

scientific article

Studying the overlap between IBS and GERD: a systematic review of the literature

scientific article

The Effect of Rifaximin on Gut Flora and Staphylococcus Resistance

scientific article published on April 16, 2013

The Treatment of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Review of the Latest Data From the 2010 DDW Meeting

scientific article published on July 1, 2010

The degree of breath methane production in IBS correlates with the severity of constipation

scientific article published in April 2007

The effect of a nonabsorbed oral antibiotic (rifaximin) on the symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized trial

scientific article

The prevalence of overgrowth by aerobic bacteria in the small intestine by small bowel culture: relationship with irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article

Understanding Breath Tests for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Update on Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diagnostics and Therapeutics

scientific article published on July 2016

Visceroptosis of the bowel in the hypermobility type of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: Presentation of a rare manifestation and review of the literature

scientific article published on July 7, 2012