Is Chronic Abdominal Pain in Pediatric Patients Due to Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth?

Inclusion Criteria

• •Subjects must be between the ages of 8 and 18
• •Subjects must be able to swallow pills
• •Healthy Controls must be siblings, other family members or friends of the CAP subjects or children who are undergoing an overnight fast in order to obtain AM labs for another purpose other than this study.
• •Female CAP subjects who are sexually active or who may become sexually active during the study will be required to practice an effective method of birth control (e.g., oral contraceptives, contraceptive patch or injection, IUD, double barrier method) before entering into the study.
• •All CAP subjects must meet the Rome II Criteria for Functional Bowel Disorders Associated with Abdominal Pain or Discomfort in Children