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background: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori), is a common infection in pregnant women accompanied by variations in the levels of the igm, iga and igg antibody isotypes. the variations of anti-h. pylori antibodies during and after pregnancy, and the extent of protection they provide to the mother and the fetus are not completely understood. objectives: to investigate the changes of the anti-h. py...

BACKGROUND/AIMS One-week triple therapy has been recommended as a standard regimen for eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, adverse drug effects, poor compliance and high cost of therapy add problems to the management of these patients. In this study, we assessed whether a 3-day triple therapy could be effective in eradicating Helicobacter py...

background and objectives:  helicobacter pylori cause a chronic gastric infection, and may cause extra gastrointestinal disease. the association between h. pylori infection and serum lipid profiles is still controversial. the aim of this study was to investigate any possible relationship between h. pylori infection and lipid levels. materials and methods: the subjects were 400 volunteer referr...

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Previous studies indicated that food consumption was associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, but no study has yet investigated the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and dietary patterns. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between Helicobacter pylori infection and dietary patterns in Tianjin, China. The final cross-sectional study population comprised 1...

Our study included 59 children, aged 12.2 +/- 4.6 years, with Helicobacter pylori infection and 29 children, aged 11.0 +/- 4.2 years, with past H. pylori infection after spontaneous eradication with positive IgG antibodies against H. pylori and with functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, without H. pylori infection, with normal IgG concentration against H. pylori. All biopsy specim...

helicobacter pylori infection is a prevalent disease among iranian children. the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of ciprofloxacin and furazolidone on eradicating helicobacter pylori in iranian children in combination with amoxicillin and omeprazole. in this cohort study, helicobacter pylori infection was confirmed by gastroscopy, rapid urease test or pathologic assessments. a to...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients presenting with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). METHODS From March 2007 to March 2008, thirty adult patients with ITP and 30 age and sex matched healthy controls were investigated for the presence of H. pylori infection by Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSA) an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) based me...

prior investigators demonstrated helicobacter pylori as a risk factor of liver diseases. in this study association between h. pylori and hepatocellular carcinoma was investigated. patients and methods totally, 59 specimens of liver were collected from two health care centers affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, including 22 specimens of hepatocellular carcinoma, 18 spec...