Basic and Clinical Aspects of Helicobacter pylori Infection

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nonulcer Dyspepsia....Pages 3-7
Nonulcer Dyspepsia: Psychological Considerations....Pages 8-10
Nonulcer Dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori : Effect of Eradication on Symptoms and Gastritis....Pages 11-18
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Recurrent Abdominal Pain of Childhood....Pages 19-22
The Value of Serodiagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in Predicting Negative Gastroscopy....Pages 23-25
The Icelandic Nonulcer Dyspepsia/ Helicobacter pylori Study: Symptomatic Response and Eradication Rate with De-Nol or De-Nol Plus Metronidazol in Treatment of Helicobacter -positive Patients with Nonulcer Dyspepsia....Pages 26-28
Long-Term Follow-up of Children with Helicobacter pylori -Associated Nonulcer Dyspepsia After Eradication of the Infection....Pages 29-31
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The Role of Ulcer Surgery Today....Pages 35-40
Effect of Single-Shot Antibiotic Treatment on Helicobacter pylori in Patients Undergoing Ulcer Operation....Pages 41-47
The Aging Stomach....Pages 48-53
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Construction of a Molecular Population Genetic Framework for the Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Pathogenesis by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis....Pages 57-59
The Flagella of Helicobacter pylori : Molecular Analysis and Potential in Pathogenesis....Pages 60-64
Identification of Potential S Layer Proteins of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 65-73
Urease as a Colonisation Factor in Helicobacter ....Pages 74-78
Affinity and Ion Exchange Chromatography in the Purification and Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Cytotoxin-Associated Proteins....Pages 79-81
Neutralization of the Vacuolating Toxin from Helicobacter pylori by Antisera from Patients with Duodenal or Gastric Ulcer....Pages 82-84
 Helicobacter pylori : Phospholipase C and Haemolysis....Pages 85-89
Haemagglutinins of Helicobacter pylori and Adherence to HEp-2 Cells....Pages 90-91
Partial Purification and Characterization of Sialic Acid Specific Soluble Haemagglutinin(s) of Helicobacter pylori Strain NCTC 11637....Pages 92-97
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Gastritis in Ulcerogenesis and Carcinogenesis....Pages 101-112
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Isolation and Phenotypical Characterization of T-Lymphocytes Isolated from the Gastric Mucosa of Patients With and Without Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 113-118
Demonstration of the Major Cytotoxin-Associated Protein of Helicobacter pylori in Gastric Biopsies by Western Blotting....Pages 119-121
Gastric Functions and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients with Fundic Atrophic Gastritis....Pages 122-124
Peptic Ulcer in the Elderly: Not a Helicobacter -Related Condition?....Pages 125-127
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Introduction....Pages 131-132
The Use of Helicobacter pylori Serology in Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring....Pages 133-135
The Use of Serological Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Epidemiology....Pages 136-138
 Helicobacter pylori Serology: Kit Evaluation and Comparison....Pages 139-144
Standards for Serologic Study of Infection with Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 145-153
 Helicobacter pylori Antigenic Preparations....Pages 154-158
The Value of Class and Subclass ELISAs and Antibody Specificity in Monitoring Treatment of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 159-163
Future Prospects for Helicobacter pylori Serology....Pages 164-167
The Helicobacter pylori -San Marino Study: Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in the Republic of San Marino....Pages 168-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Construction of Isogenic Mutants of Helicobacter pylori Deficient in Urease Activity....Pages 179-182
Cloning of a Helicobacter pylori Flagellin Gene and Construction of a Non-flagellated Mutant by Transformation-Mediated Allelic Exchange....Pages 183-188
Identification and Characterization of an Adhesin Gene of Helicobacter pylori by Cloning....Pages 189-194
Molecular Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence Determination of htrA , a Gene Encoding a 48-kDa Stress Protein of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 195-202
Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in Gastric Juice Aspirates Using Polymerase Chain Reaction....Pages 203-205
Molecular Fingerprinting of Helicobacter pylori : An Evaluation of Methods....Pages 206-212
Developments in Ribotyping of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 213-218
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The 130-kDa Vacuolating Cytotoxin-Associated Protein Is a Component of Cytotoxic Helicobacter pylori Organisms....Pages 219-222
The Cloning and Partial Sequence Analysis of the Catalase Gene of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 223-226
Binding of Helicobacter pylori to Extracellular Matrix Proteins....Pages 227-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
 Helicobacter pylori : Clinical Aspects....Pages 237-240
H 2 Receptor Antagonists: Is There a Place in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection?....Pages 241-250
Proton Pump Inhibitors in the Management of Helicobacter pylori -Related Diseases....Pages 251-257
Pharmacology of Bismuth-Containing Medicines Used to Treat Helicobacter pylori Infections....Pages 258-265
Bismuth and Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 266-279
Antibiotics in Helicobacter pylori Treatment....Pages 280-282
Clinical Application of Antibiotics in Eradicating Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 283-289
Cytoprotective Drugs and Helicobacter pylori Infection....Pages 290-297
Approaches to the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection....Pages 298-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-313