The finding that Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease has opened a new era in the gastrointestinal world. Today there is evidence that H. pylori may also play a role in different nongastric diseases, opening the new "extragastric manifestations of H. pylori infection" field. Concerning this, several studies have been published in the last year. The most convincing data arise from those investigating idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and sideropenic anemia, while there is also an increasing evidence for a possible association with atherosclerotic disease. Furthermore, the discovery of a number of other novel Helicobacter species has stimulated the research in different extragastric diseases, in which an infectious hypothesis is plausible. In particular, several species have been studied for a potential role in different liver and intestinal diseases with interesting findings.

Moyaert, H., Franceschi, F., Roccarina, D., Ducatelle, R., Haesebrouck, F., Gasbarrini, A., Extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection: other Helicobacters., <<HELICOBACTER>>, 2008; (Ottobre): 47-57 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/9288]

Extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection: other Helicobacters.

Franceschi, Francesco;Roccarina, Davide;Gasbarrini, Antonio
2008

Abstract

The finding that Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease has opened a new era in the gastrointestinal world. Today there is evidence that H. pylori may also play a role in different nongastric diseases, opening the new "extragastric manifestations of H. pylori infection" field. Concerning this, several studies have been published in the last year. The most convincing data arise from those investigating idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and sideropenic anemia, while there is also an increasing evidence for a possible association with atherosclerotic disease. Furthermore, the discovery of a number of other novel Helicobacter species has stimulated the research in different extragastric diseases, in which an infectious hypothesis is plausible. In particular, several species have been studied for a potential role in different liver and intestinal diseases with interesting findings.
2008
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Moyaert, H., Franceschi, F., Roccarina, D., Ducatelle, R., Haesebrouck, F., Gasbarrini, A., Extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection: other Helicobacters., <<HELICOBACTER>>, 2008; (Ottobre): 47-57 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/9288]
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