Helicobacter pylori is a worldwide spread bacterium, that invades the submucosal membrane of stomach via feco-oral or feco-fecal transmission, causing several gastric and duodenal diseases. The study aims to assess risk factors for symptomatic infection their epidemiological distribution. A cross-sectional was conducted from October 2020 May 2021 in Baquba, Iraq. It on sample outpatient patient...

in this study, a medicinal plant, galla rhois (gr), was examined and screened for its anti-helicobacter pylori activity. galla rhois was extracted with 70% ethanol. inhibitory zone tests, as in vitro assays, and an in vivo study using a mongolian gerbil (meriones unguiculatus) model were performed. the safety of the gr extract was then evaluated in an animal study. the galla rhois extract demon...

Background: Leptin and its receptors have been found in the human gastric mucosa.  Its secretion by gastric mucosa has generated interest in its probable role in the gastrointestinal tract and pathophysiology of diseases. Objective: To determine any possible correlation between serum leptin level and pathological findings in patients with duodenal ulcer (DU). Methods: In a cross-sectional study...

h. pylori infection is usually acquired in early childhood. its role in gastrointestinal and extra intestinal complaints and serious consequences in adulthood make it as challenging issues. despite different clinical presentations, in most children, the presence of h. pylori infection does not lead to clinically apparent disease, even when it causes chronic active gastritis. some of most import...

background and objectives: alterations in cxcl10 (a th1 chemokine) expression have been associated with various diseases. the aim of this study was to evaluate the serum cxcl10 levels in h. pylori -infected patients with peptic ulcer (pu), h. pylori -infected asymptomatic (as) subjects and healthy h. pylori -negative subjects, and also to determine its association with bacterial virulence facto...

Backgrounds & Objective The Helicobacter pylori prevalence has continuously decreased during recent years in Iran. The current study aimed at determining H. pylori prevalence in Neyshabur city, Northeast Iran, during 2010-2015. Methods The current epidemiologic survey was conducted in Neyshabur from 2010 to 2015 to determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection. A total of 11596 participants...

background: helicobacter pylori ( h. pylori ) is a global pathogen with a widely varied prevalence (30%-80%) among different countries and populations. this study aims to determine the prevalence of h. pylori in the population of arak, iran. materials and methods: this was an epidemiologic cross-sectional population-based study with multistage sampling. the population of arak according to the 2...

BACKGROUND We studied the incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) in comparison with non-HG pregnant women, and investigated whether there was a correlation between positive serology for H. pylori IgG, the time of onset, and the duration of HG symptoms. MATERIAL/METHODS 54 pregnant women with HG were enrolled in a matched case - control study. F...