conclusion it was concluded that elisa-based anti h. pylori igg test in saliva could be used as an alternative diagnostic test in the absence of other invasive procedures. background helicobacter pylori is known as an agent which may involve in the occurrence of peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and also other known and unknown diseases. treatment of the infection with antibiotics eradicates the dis...

aim : the aim of current study is to investigate whether tonsillar and/or adenoid tissue of patients with chronic adenotonsillitis plays a reservoir role for helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) or helicobacter hepaticus ( h. hepaticus ). background : recently, there have been arguments ragarding helicobacter pylori ( h. pylori ) being reserved in adenotonsillar tissue. patients and methods : this s...

to improve our understanding of helicobacter  infection in cats and to determine whether they are reservoirs for h. pylori  and sources of zoonotic transmission to humans, we selected cats as an experimental animal model for gastric colonization by h. pylori. sixteen stray cats underwent helicobacter  eradication treatment followed by three consecutive oral inoculations of a cocktail of human h...

Background:  There are also reports from other parts of the world indicating the presence of significant association of H. pylori infection and hyperemesis gravidarum, a bothersome condition that affects pregnant women.  Objective: To test the hypothesis that whether H. pylori infection is associated with hyperemesis gravidarum among Iranian H.P carriers. Methods: From November 1999 to February...

objective(s) due to increasing emergence of drug-resistance in helicobacter pylori isolates, traditional plants are potentially valuable sources of novel anti-h. pylori agents. in this research, anti-h. pylori activity of the organic extracts of twenty native iranian plants was determined against ten clinical isolates of h. pylori. materials and methods disc diffusion was used to determine the ...

Objective: To investigate the importance of endoscopic nodular gastritis associated With Helicobacter pylori infection in children. Methods: In this prospective study, 220 consecutive patients (age range 2 to 15 years, mean age 9. 02 ±3 .3 ), 118 of them males (53. 6%) underwent upper endoscopy during evaluation of chronic abdominal pain. The appearance of nodular gastritis was observed du...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been reported in more than half of the world human population. It is associated with gastric inflammation and noticeable infiltration of the immune cells to the stomach mucosa by several cytokines secretion. IL-1&beta, IL-18 have been shown to contribute to H. pylori induced gastritis, but the details of inflammation and association of virulence fac...