Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric lymphoma.

فراوانی نسبی عفونت هلیکوباکترپیلوری در بیماران مبتلا به لنفوم اولیه معده در مراجعین به مراکز پاتولوژی شهر یزد

Introduction: Lymphomas as a group rank seventh as the most leading cause of death in cancers. Stomach is the most common extra nodal site of primary lymphomas. On the other hand, new information demonstrates that MALT lymphoma responds to Helicobacter antibiotic therapy. We therefore decided to determine the frequency of distribution of Helicobacter Pylori infection in primary gastric lymphoma...

Helicobacter Pylori and skin: Any relationship?

Helicobacter pylori is probably the commonest bacterial infection worldwide and is now accepted as the cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric carcinoma, and gastric lymphoma. In the last few years, besides the local gasteroduodenal tissue damage, an association between H.pylori and various extra-intestinal pathologies had been described. Recent studies have suggested that H.pylori infection ...

Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Asymptomatic Children in Birjand, Eastern Iran

Background: Helicobacter pylori is the cause of serious diseases including gastric cancer and gastric mucosa–associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.50% of world population is infected by this microorganism and it -based on epidemiologic studies - is mainly acquired during childhood . there is not enough evidence about prevalence of this infection in children and its risk factors so encourage us to...

Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric MALT lymphoma.

Helicobacter pylori infection is implicated in the development of two different gastric cancers: gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric MALT lymphoma. The association with the gastric MALT lymphoma is strong and causal. It is currently the only cancer which can be treated by a simple antibiotic treatment. However, the evolution of an H. pylori infection towards lymphoma is exceptional. Host suscept...

Serum response to Helicobacter pylori in primary B-cell gastric lymphoma (suppl). Gut 1995;37:A24. 4. Witherell HL, Parsonnet J. Risk for gastric lymphoma in persons with CagA-positive and CagA-negative Helicobacter pylori infection

Diagnostic Accuracy of Polyclonal Stool Antigen for Detection of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Children

Introduction: Helicobacter pylori infection has various clinical features. One of the most common presentations of this infection is upper abdominal pain. Complications such as gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric carcinoma and MALT lymphoma mandate early diagnosis of H.P infection by a low cost and non invasive manner. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic role of H.P stool antige...