Themes and Variations: Regulation of RpoN-Dependent Flagellar Genes across Diverse Bacterial Species by Jennifer Tsang, Timothy R. Hoover

“…These bacteria include members of the Epsilonproteobacteria (e.g., Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni), Gammaproteobacteria (e.g., Vibrio and Pseudomonas species), and Alphaproteobacteria (e.g., Caulobacter crescentus). …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Among Children Aged 6 Months to 12 Years Attending the Sickle Cell Clinic at Kitete Hospital Tanzania. by Lubeja, Amos Charles (M.D)

“…Stool samples were collected for Helicobacter pylori antigen testing, hookworm ova, and occult blood. …”
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Omeprazole and Ranitidine in the Prevention of Relapse in Patients with Duodenal Ulcer Disease by K Lauritsen, K Rutgersson, E Bolling, G Brunner, S Eriksson, JP Galmiche, A Walan, AP Archambault, H Gudjónsson, RJ Bailey, G Bianchi Porro, L Frison, N Havu, ABR Thompson

“…BACKGROUND: Although the eradication of Helicobacter pylori is of primary importance when initiating treatment, it is also important to have a strategy for patients who are H pylori-negative, fail to demonstrate eradication or have a tendency to become re-infected or relapse.…”
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T Cells in Gastric Cancer: Friends or Foes by Amedeo Amedei, Chiara Della Bella, Elena Silvestri, Domenico Prisco, Mario M. D'Elios

“…Gastric cancer is the second cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Helicobacter pylori is the major risk factor for gastric cancer. …”
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Implementing recommendations for routine mismatch repair (MMR) immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing of endometrial cancer and subsequent patient management by Jo Morrison, Mohamed Shawky, Maria Murrey

“…Seven patients were diagnosed with Lynch syndrome; all were referred for bowel screening and Helicobacter pylori testing. Information about prophylactic aspirin recommendations was missing for 3/7 patients. …”
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An Unusual Cause of Secondary ITP in a 34-Year-Old Hispanic Male by Ayrton Bangolo, Mohamed Ahmed, Ali Atoot, Ashraf Mahmoud, Chibuzo Agbakwuru-Onyike, Maria Karina Larni Y. Palad, Michael Sciarra, Adam Atoot

“…Secondary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been described in the literature. …”
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Ranitidine bismuth citrate: A review by N Chiba, RH Hunt, ABR Thomson

“…Recognition of the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and the development of gastroduodenal disease has increased greatly in recent years. …”
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An Incidental Finding of Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoma (MALToma) in a Sleeve Gastrectomy with Literature Review by Brenda Mai, Michaelangelo Friscia, Pamela Younes, Jaiyeola Thomas-Ogunniyi, Lei Chen

“…We report an incidental finding of a Helicobacter pylori gastric mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in a sleeve gastrectomy specimen with no gross examination findings.…”
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Current Potential of Pantoprazole in Treatment and Prevention of Gastrointestinal Diseases by A. A. Sheptulin, S. S. Kardasheva, A. A. Kurbatova

“…Pantoprazole is widely applied in gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer disease, Zollinger—Ellison syndrome and for Helicobacter pylori eradication. It minimally inhibits the CYP2C19 isoenzyme involved in the metabolism of many drugs. …”
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Marked Improvement in Refractory TTP Directly after H. pylori Eradication Therapy by Irina Gringauz, Narin Nard Carmel-Neiderman, Tobin Mangel, Orith Portnoy, Gad Segal, Idan Goren

“…We hereby describe a case report of an 81-year-old female presenting to the internal medicine department with TTP and active chronic gastritis, positive for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) on biopsy. The TTP was highly resistant to medical therapy; however the patient underwent complete resolution of her TTP following H. pylori eradication. …”
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HCV and Lymphoproliferation by Anna Linda Zignego, Carlo Giannini, Laura Gragnani

“…Analogously with Helicobacter pylori related lymphomagenesis, the study of the effects of viral eradication confirmed the etiopathogenetic role of HCV and showed it is an ideal model for better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved. …”
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Peptic Ulcer at the End of the 20th Century: Biological and Psychological Risk Factors by Susan Levenstein

“…The prevailing concept of peptic ulcer etiology has swung over entirely in just a few years from the psychological to the infectious, yet the rich literature documenting an association between psychosocial factors and ulcer is not invalidated by the discovery of Helicobacter pylori. Physical and psychological stressors interact to induce ulcers in animal models, concrete life difficulties and subjective distress predict the development of ulcers in prospective cohorts, shared catastrophes such as war and earthquakes lead to surges in hospitalizations for complicated ulcers, and stress or anxiety can worsen ulcer course. …”
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Motion – Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Is More Cost-Effective than Oral PPI Administration: Arguments against the Motion by Amnon Sonnenberg

“…The increasing incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has been erroneously attributed to the use of potent acid-suppressant medications, but the actual cause has been shown to be the decreased prevalence of Helicobacter pylori. There are no significant differences in the incidence of this tumour after medical or surgical therapy of GERD. …”
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Early Gastric Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder and H pylori Detection after Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by CL Nash, LM Price, DA Stewart, F Sepandj, S Yilmaz, A Barama

“…Very few cases of Helicobacter pylori or mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue have been described in association with PTLD. …”
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Epidemiological and Genome-Wide Association Study of Gastritis or Gastric Ulcer in Korean Populations by Sumin Oh, Sejong Oh

“…This disease is known to have various reasons, including infection with Helicobacter pylori, dietary habits, tobacco, and alcohol. …”
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Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Detection of Synchronous Multiple Primary Cancers in Esophagus and Stomach: Single Center Experience from China by Rui Wang, Mo-Jin Wang, Jin-Lin Yang, Cheng-Wei Tang

“…And 23 adenocarcinomas of the stomach were associated with Helicobacter pylori infection.…”
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Features of the Atrophic Corpus Mucosa in Three Cases of Autoimmune Gastritis Revealed by Magnifying Endoscopy by Kazuyoshi Yagi, Atsuo Nakamura, Atsuo Sekine, David Graham

“…Atrophic gastritis, whether caused by Helicobacter pylori infection or as a result of an autoimmune process, is associated with corpus atrophy. …”
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Immune Response in H. pylori-Associated Gastritis and Gastric Cancer by Qingbin Niu, Jun Zhu, Xingquan Yu, Tao Feng, Hong Ji, Yuming Li, Weiwei Zhang, Baoguang Hu

“…Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the dominant member of the gastric microbiota and has infected more than half of the human population, of whom 5–15% develop gastric diseases ranging from gastritis and metaplasia to gastric cancer. …”
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Comparison of Gastric Cancer Risk Classifications Using Conventional and New Pepsinogen Criteria by Tae Sasakabe, Yuki Obata, Sayo Kawai, Yingsong Lin, Shogo Kikuchi

“…New serum pepsinogen (PG) criteria have been shown to indicate more accurately infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). We sought to improve risk classification for gastric cancer by adopting the new PG criteria with the addition of an H. pylori antibody test. …”
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Postinfluenza Vaccination Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Three Elderly Patients by Joji Nagasaki, Masahiro Manabe, Kentaro Ido, Hiroyoshi Ichihara, Yasutaka Aoyama, Tadanobu Ohta, Yoshio Furukawa, Atsuko Mugitani

“…An 87-year-old woman whose laboratory test values included a platelet count of 2,000/μL experienced genital bleeding after receiving an influenza vaccination. After Helicobacter pylori (HP) eradication or corticosteroid treatment, all of the patients’ platelet counts increased. …”
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