helicobacter pylori infection is among the most prevalent infections in the world involving more than half the adult population. h. pylori infection results in active chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers and enhances the risk of gastric malignancies. it is of utmost importance to prevent h. pylori infection particularly in highly prevalent countries including iran. the urease holoenzyme produced by...

background helicobacter pylori is responsible for one of the most common human infections and is a major risk factor for stomach ulcer disease and gastric cancer. h. pylori infection has been reported to be associated with generation and development of coronary artery disease (cad). moreover, diabetic patients positive for h. pylori infection showed a higher prevalence of cad compared to h. pyl...

background: there are two forms of itp: acute and chronic. the chronic form is defined by persistent thrombocytopenia for more than 12 months and mostly occurs among young women. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical variables in adult patients with chronic itp in west iran. patients and methods: between of 2007 and 2014, ninety adult patients with chronic itp referred to ou...

iron deficiency can cause cognitive and functional learning disorders in children. some studies have reported a relationship between low serum ferritin levels in patients with anemia and helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection. therefore, we aimed to determine the relationship between these two common diseases. this descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was performed to assess serum fe...

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a highly prevalent, serious and chronic infection. It been associated causally with a diverse spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders including chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma. We conducted a study to Evaluation of the role of breastfeeding and breast milk on the colonization of H. pylori in the gastrointestinal tract...

conclusions dosin was concluded to be an anti h. pylori and an anti-dyspeptic agent. further studies are recommended to investigate the effect of dosin plus antibiotics (concurrently or following another) on gastric h. pylori infection. results fourteen patients completed the study. negative ubt was observed in 57.1% (8/14) of participants after intervention. the median and interquartile range ...

conclusions: the result of our study showed that using clarithromycin, amoxicillin and omeprazole for treatment of h. pylori infection can be useful. it is concluded from lower levels of igg and caga in blood and h. pylori antigen in stool after treatment compared to the amount of these factors before therapy. considering all these data, it is obvious that there is an urgent need to found a bet...

introduction: recent studies have shown a relationship between h. pylori and chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (citp).   objective: the present study was performed to evaluate this relationship in iranian patients.   methods:   the antibody (igg) against h. pylori was studied in sixty-two patients with citp, comprising 25 males and  37 females (mean age: 30.38±12.23 yrs ) the patients...

introduction: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is a gastric pathogen of primates and causes active chronic gastritis as well as peptic ulcers. a wide range of studies is in effect to prevent or cure helicobacter infection and thus its associated disorders. in order to test various drug regimens as well as potential vaccines against h. pylori infection, a suitable animal model is required which s...