Helicobacterpyloricolonizationoftheoralcavity:Amilestonediscovery
WorldJournalofGastroenterology
页数: 8 2016-01-14
摘要: Overthepastseveralyears,theseverityofHelicobacterpylori(H.pylori)infectionshasnotsignificantlydiminished.Aftersuccessfuleradication,theannualH.pylorirecurrencerateisapproximately13%duetooralH.pyloriinfection.EstablishedclinicaldiagnostictechniquesdonotidentifyanoraletiologicbasisofH.pyloripriortogastricinfection.TherehasbeendisagreementastowhetheroralinfectionofH.pyloriexistsornot,withnodefiniteconclusion.Inmedicalpractice,negativeresultswiththeureabreathtestsuggestthatthestomachinfectionofH.pyloriiscuredinthesepatients.Infact,patientscanpresentnegativeureabreathtestresultsandyetexhibitH.pyloriinfectionduetooralinfection.ThepresentpaperprovidesevidencethatH.pylorioralinfectionisnonethelesspresent,andtheoralcavityrepresentsasecondarysiteforH.pyloricolonization. (共8页)