It is something that nearly 36 percent of U.S. adults are infected with at some point. Normally, H. pylori can be treated with antibiotics early on, but when left untreated can lead to detrimental ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most common bacterial infections in the world, yet its burden isn’t shared equally. Dr. Dornell Pete, an assistant professor at Public Health Sciences ...

Several Twitter users on Thursday, November 25, took to the micro-blogging site to narrate their experiences with bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. Pylori). The users observed that H. Pylori seems to ...

H. pylori bacteria can disrupt your stomach's protective lining and cause peptic ulcers. You can treat H. pylori infections with antibiotics and medications that lower acid to prevent complications. H ...

Rising resistance to clarithromycin and levofloxacin necessitates avoiding these in treatment regimens without susceptibility testing. Bismuth quadruple therapy is recommended for treatment-naive ...

Bismuth quadruple therapy for 14 days is preferred regimen for treatment-naive patients when antibiotic susceptibility is unknown. William D. Chey, MD, from Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, and ...

In elderly patients, recommendations were similar to those for the general population, however with increased monitoring; sequential therapy (amoxicillin and rabeprazole for 5 days followed by ...

1. Moss SF. The clinical evidence linking Helicobacter pylori to gastric cancer. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016;3(2):183-191. doi:10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.12.001 2 ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that infects the stomach and small bowel. It is often symptomless, but it can increase the risk of ulcers, gastritis, and cancer, all of which can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A polygenic risk score of 12 genomic loci was associated with risk for gastric cancer (HR = 2.54). The odds of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Concomitant and bismuth quadruple therapies had success rates of nearly 90% for initial treatment of H. pylori.

Helicobacter pylori bacteria is considered to be the main cause of gastric cancer, with the infection rate particularly high in the Asia-Pacific region. Approximately 90% of cases are linked to H.