Treating Helicobacter pylori infection: small remedies for great evils?

Treating Helicobacter pylori infection--small remedies for great evils?

Helicobacter pylori Infection

Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 29-year-old man presents with intermittent epigastric discomfort, without weight loss or evidence of gastrointestinal bleeding. He reports no use of aspirin or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Abdominal examination reveals epigastric tenderness. A serologic test for Helicobacter pylori is positive, and he receives a 10-day course of...

Helicobacter pylori infection.

Since Helicobacter pylori was first isolated by Warren and Marshall in 1983, many investigators have reported that it is closely associated with gastro-duodenal diseases. Several diagnostic methods, C-urea breath tests, rapid urea test, histological exam and culture, are used for detecting H. pylori. Japanese monkey and Mongolian gerbils is the animal model that can sustain persistent colonizat...

Helicobacter pylori Infection

School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei. Received: 9 September 2001. Revised: 31 October 2001. Accepted: 4 December 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Chia-Long Lee, Cathay General Hospital, 280, Section 4, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan. Presented in part at the 13th Internation...

Association between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

BACKGROUND Small vessel disease is an important cause of cerebrovascular diseases and cognitive impairment in the elderly. There have been conflicting results regarding the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and ischemic stroke. This study aimed to examine the association between H. pylori infection and cerebral small vessel disease. METHODS The study included 1,117 patients w...