Absence of Helicobacter pylori is not protective against peptic ulcer bleeding in elderly on offending agents: lessons from an exceptionally low prevalence population

• 主要な著者: Yeong, Yeh Lee, Nordin, Noridah, Syed Abdul Aziz, Syed Hassan, Menon, Jayaram
• フォーマット: 論文
• 言語: English
• 出版事項: PeerJ 2014
• 主題: RC799-869 Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
• オンライン･アクセス: http://eprints.usm.my/38237/1/Absence_of_Helicobacter_pylori_is_not.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38237/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24688841

Aim. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is exceptionally rare in population from the north-eastern region of Peninsular Malaysia. This provides us an opportunity to contemplate the future without H. pylori in acute non-variceal upper gas- trointestinal (GI) bleeding. Methods. All cases in...