Helicobacter pylori is a unique organism which is pathogenic for stomach-duodenum (chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, gastric malignancy, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma) and protective for oesophagus (Barrett's oesophagus, oesophageal adenocarcinoma) at the same time in an individual. For prevention of diseases, the necessity of presence of some bacteria throug...

ATPase activity in permeabilized cells of Helicobacter pylori as well as those of Helicobacter felis and Campylobacter jejuni was analyzed. The ATPase activities in these cells were most susceptible to sodium azide, fluoroaluminate, and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, which are typical inhibitors of F ATPases. Optimal values for maximal activity were found to be at approximately pH 6.4, 6.0, and 6.0 ...

Omeprazole and lansoprazole are proton pump inhibitors that have shown activity against Helicobacter pylori and other Helicobacter species when tested by agar dilution. Lansoprazole was more active against H. pylori than was omeprazole, and the activity was independent of urease production. Disk susceptibility tests and agar dilution MIC determinations were performed to investigate the effects ...

PURPOSE The goal of this study was to assess the correlation between the Helicobacter pylori status of patients who underwent curative resection for gastric adenocarcinoma and their prognosis in Eastern societies where H. pylori infection is prevalent. METHODS Between 2006 and 2007, 192 patients who had a curative resection for the treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma were enrolled in the stud...

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Helicobacter pylori has been reported as pathogen of human GIT. It is associated with type B gastritis and peptic ulcers. Bacterium ́s relationship to cancer has also been declared and H. pylori considered cancer-inductor. A number of studies documented H. pylori residence in oropharynx, generating hypotheses on participation in development of cancer in oropharyngeal area. Human papillomaviruses...