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Helicobacter pylori Infection and Immunity (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
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Helicobacter pylori Infection and Immunity (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Series: Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis
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The discovery and concept that Helicobacter pylori is associated
with gastric disease including gastric cancer which is one of the
most common and frequently lethal forms of malignancy, heralded a
new and rapidly expanding field recognizing the emergence of many
new pathogens and disease syndromes in clinical medicine, as well
as basic infectious disease research. There is now an extensive and
widely known literature of how H. pylori is involved in a wide
variety of disease syn dromes. As summarized in the introductory
chapter of this volume, many major advances have been made in
diagnosis, both serologic and endoscopic in time of the involvement
of this organism in patients with upper GI ailments as well as its
presence in those who are not clinically ill. The Introduction
describes the rapid development of understanding the role of this
organism in disease. The basic bacteriology of H. pylori is then
described in the second chapter. Diagnostic tests for detecting H.
pylori infection is then highlighted, as well as the role of such
infection in gastric cancer. Current knowledge concerning risk
factors and peptic ulcer pathology associated with H. pylori is
then described. Newer information concerning therapy of H. pylori
infection and colonization is described in a subsequent chapter as
well as one concerning the effects of anti biotics on H. pylori
infection. The extensive literature on natural substances with
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