helicobacter pylori infection, the most common chronic bacterial infection in the world, and an important cause of gastrointestinal disorders, may be involved in the pathogenesis of some extra-gastrointestinal disturbances, as well as an increase in blood levels of certain inflammatory markers. anti-bacterial activity against helicobacter pylori and anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 fatty...

See the article "Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection Using 7-day PCR-based Tailored Therapy" on page 125.

BACKGROUND We have documented a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with glaucoma. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of H pylori eradication on the 2 most commonly used glaucoma parameters: intraocular pressure and visual field. METHODS A total of 41 patients with glaucoma and 30 age-matched anemic controls underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopies and gastric muc...

conclusions considering the results of this study, although having h. pylori infection in ra patients was accompanied with higher number of inflamed and tender joints, but h. pylori eradication did not improve patients’ clinical symptoms and laboratory tests. it seems that the effect of h. pylori infection eradication over disease activity in ra patients is not remarkable, if it does exist at a...

conclusions helicobacter pylori infection has a significant effect on platelet count in patients with citp and h. pylori eradication therapy should be considered as an important factor in platelet count recovery in citp patients. results from a total of 23 patients with citp, 43% (10) of the cases were h. pylori positive and after eradication therapy, eight patients (80%) were successfully trea...

helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common human infections which have been associated with many upper gasterointestinal complications. different treatment regimens for helicobacter pylori eradication have been used. one of these regimes is the quadruple therapy regimen which metronidazole is one of the medications. in recent years several reports on h. pylori resistance to this an...

Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common human infections which have been associated with many upper gasterointestinal complications. Different treatment regimens for Helicobacter pylori eradication have been used. One of these regimes is the quadruple therapy regimen which metronidazole is one of the medications. In recent years several reports on H. pylori res...

background helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide. we designed a study to compare the efficacy of 14-day hybrid regimen with 10-day concomitant therapy for h. pylori eradication in iran. methods 252 patients with naïve h. pylori infection were randomly divided to receive either hybrid regimen (pantoprazole 40 mg, and amoxicillin 1 gr twice daily...

The triple therapy of Helicobacter pylori eradication prevents repeated bleeding from stomach ulcer. The aim of this one-way blind prospective study was to evaluate the efficiency of the two-week triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication in preventing renewed bleeding in patients with stomach ulcer within one year. This research included 60 hospitalized patients with bleeding stomach u...