Long-term H. pylori infection has been recognized as a Class I human carcinogen. Currently, the standard clinical treatments for H. pylori infection (i.e., triple and quadruple therapy ...

These findings are suggestive but not diagnostic of H. pylori infection. Magnifying endoscopy can reveal more precisely the abnormal mucosal patterns in an H. pylori-infected stomach; however ...

Helicobacter pylori infection is a chronic gastric Gram-negative infection that increases with age worldwide. The prevalence of H. pylori detection appears to decrease in frail patients aged over ...

Pylori). The users observed that H. Pylori seems to be a common infection that most city dwellers risk contracting at one point or another. “When you visit any city hospital to seek treatment ...

Richard Ferrero and colleagues at Institut Pasteur in France note in their paper that H. pylori strains carrying the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI) are known to be more often associated with severe ...

The authors conclude that infection with cagA-positive strains of H. pylori could be a strong predisposing factor for the development of gastric adenocarcinoma.

Your doctor might also choose to test for H. pylori infection. Medications that reduce the amount of acid in the stomach can relieve symptoms that may accompany gastritis and promote healing of the ...

The preliminary results, reported in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, could provide an alternative to the invasive and expensive tests currently used to test for H. pylori infection.