Helicobacter (Campylobacter) pylori and Acid Peptic Diseases
Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped Gram-negative bacteria implicated as a cause of histological gastritis, contributing to peptic ulcer disease and perhaps playing a role in gastric cancer in humans. The organism is found worldwide; the prevalence of infection increases with age; and colonizatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1990-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/928208 |
| Summary: | Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped Gram-negative bacteria
implicated as a cause of histological gastritis, contributing to peptic ulcer disease
and perhaps playing a role in gastric cancer in humans. The organism is found
worldwide; the prevalence of infection increases with age; and colonization
probably persists for life. Diagnostic approaches chat have been used include
tissue stains, culture of stomach biopsy specimens, labelled-urea breath tests and
serology. It is too early to advocate treatment for all infected individuals; the
benefits and risks have yet to be carefully studied and assessed. |
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| ISSN: | 0835-7900 |