Background and Aim: The current diagnostic methods for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection include rapid urease test (RUT), urea breath test (UBT), histology, culture, and serum antibody detection ...

Diagnosis of H. pylori infection can be clinical or based on noninvasive or invasive testing. In 2007, the American College of Gastroenterology published guidelines for H. pylori testing 15 (Table 2).

Each unit of cost invested in Helicobacter pylori screening can generate approximately a fivefold return in gastric cancer ...

Medical researchers have shed light on key genes essential to the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori bacterium, which causes gastric infections. Like other microorganisms, this pathogen underwent ...

The human stomach is a treacherous environment, bathed in a mixture of gastric acid and proteolytic enzymes. Most bacteria are incapable of surviving here, but Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped ...

The urea breath test is used to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a type of bacteria that may infect the stomach and is a main cause of ulcers in both the stomach and duodenum (the first part of ...

There is general agreement that H. pylori infection is closely associated with chronic gastritic conditions, including intestinal metaplasia, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Several methods for ...