Helicobacter pylori: crecimiento y evolución

RESUMO

The discovery of H. pylori as a gastrointestinal pathogen has had a profound effect on the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease. Patients suffering from peptic ulcer associated with H. pylori infection require treatment with antimicrobial agents in addition to antisecretory drugs whether on initial presentation or recurrence. The value of treatment of non ulcer dyspesia patients with H. pylori infection remains to be determined. The interesting relationship between H. pylori infection and gastric cancers requires further exploration