J Yakoob

..03). vacA s1 was positive in 61 (53%) with IBS-D compared to 32 (36%) in the control group (P=0.02). cagA s1 was positive in 39 (34%) with IBS-D compared to 13 (15%) in the control group (P=0.002)...

..The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of SIBO and lactose intolerance (LI) occurrence in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) according to Rome III criteria...

..abstract:..

..This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence and identified risk factors associated with Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HCV antibody (anti-HCV) sero-positivity among children 1 to 15 years of age...

..01 mg/ml of MTZ. However, this sensitivity did not increase as garlic concentration was increased to 0.1 mg/ml, for B. hominis cell count was 6,000 compared to 1,428 as MTZ was increased to 0.1 mg/ml...

..To investigate the prevalence of giardiasis in patients with dyspeptic symptoms...

..To determine the efficacy of gastric juice polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of H pylori infection in comparison with histology and gastric antral biopsy PCR in patients on a proton pump inhibitor (PPI)...

..Thus, the eUAB can be used as a rapid urease test. It is economical and has a sensitivity and specificity comparable to a commercially available rapid urease test to detect urease activity of H. pylori in gastric biopsy...

..pylori was also negative. This is the first report originating from an Asian country describing Fundal Gland Polyps (FGPs) in the corpus of stomach rather than fundus in a patient on long-term PPI therapy...

..001). The presence of the cagA gene does not signify presence of an intact cag-PAI. Most of the H. pylori isolates studied had partial cag-PAI with missing cagE and cagA promoter regions...

..pylori virulence markers cytotoxin-associated gene (cagA) and vacuolating associated cytotoxin gene (vacA) alleles in patients with non ulcer dyspepsia (NUD), gastric ulcer (GU), gastric carcinoma (GC) and duodenal ulcer (DU)...

..pylori. In conclusion, H. pylori DNA was demonstrated in cases of chronic cholecystitis and gall bladder carcinoma associated with cholelithiasis, but this association requires further study...

..Treatment failure was associated with younger mean age, point mutations in the 23S rRNA gene of H. pylori and vacA s1a and m1 when associated with cagA negativity...

..030). B. hominis is common, while D. fragilis was less prevalent in our patients with IBS-D. B. hominis and D. fragilis culture had a better yield compared to stool microscopy and PCR...

..6%) of the 167 found smear-negative (k=0.954; P<0.001). Although C. parvum was associated with chronic diarrhoea in the present study, the carriage of G. lamblia often appeared asymptomatic...

..001) and A2142C mutation in five (17%; P = 0.003). In conclusion, triple therapy failure was associated with CLR-R. Metronidazole resistance exceeded that of CLR, hence it cannot be substituted for CLR in a triple therapy...

..The aim of this study was to determine the effect of commonly self-prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPI) on the results of rapid urease test and histology for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection...

..vacAs1 allele was carried in 82.5% (33/40) isolates, of which 52.5% (21/40) were subtype vacAs1a/m2 and 17.5% (7/40) were subtype vacAs1b/m2...

..001). Blastocystis hominis was frequently demonstrated in the stool samples of IBS patients; however, its significance in IBS still needs to be investigated. Stool culture has a higher positive yield for B. hominis than stool microscopy...

..Diversity among H. pylori clinical isolates was demonstrated distinctly by both methods; however, RAPD-PCR showed greater discriminatory power in distinguishing between isolates...

..To investigate the situation among Chinese patients with regard to infection with multiple strains of Helicobacter pylori...

..Candida esophagitis is a frequent infection in immunocompromised patients. This study was designed to determine its characteristics in non- human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infected patients attending a teaching hospital...

..The purpose of the present paper was to determine whether in vitro interaction between different Helicobacter pylori strains leads to changes in antibiotic susceptibility, cagA, vacAM2 and DNA fingerprint patterns...

..To determine the presence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, in patients suffering from gastritis and peptic ulcer disease by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and correlate the results with the histological diagnosis...

..B. hominis isolates varied in their degree of susceptibility to the three drugs studied, being greater with furazolidone than with metronidazole, and complete resistance with ciprofloxacin...

..In this paper H pylori infection in associated with various micronutrients deficiencies is briefly reviewed...

..pylori infection. PCR-RAPD fingerprinting is an efficient method of distinguishing between clinical isolates of H. pylori...

..Evaluation of this case provides insight into various mechanisms of immune suppression associated with HCV infection...

..30), respectively. Majority of our patients had typeable B. hominis infection. The genotype of B. hominis in IBS-D was type 1 while in control genotype 3 was predominant...

..To determine the prevalence of non-Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-related duodenal ulcer in patients with acid-peptic diseases...

..pylori) strains to metronidazole, clarithromycin and tetracycline in the Chinese population, and to test the stability of antibiotic resistance in H. pylori 1 year after storage at -80 degrees C...

..dispar in 19% (24/129) (P=0·117) and E. moshkovskii in 19% (24/129) (P<0·001). E. histolytica and E. moshkovskii were significantly associated with diarrhoea while E. dispar was found equally in both groups...

..We estimated the prevalence, age of acquisition and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) seroprevalence in children aged 1-15 years...

..8; 95% CI: 0.4-7.8; P = 0.342). For those patients on PPIs, the diagnostic yield of both RUT and histology was reduced from both the antrum and corpus. In these patients, PCR for H. pylori is more sensitive than RUT and histology...

..4% (33/41). Anxiety and depression was present in 80% (33/41) as an extraintestinal symptom. CONCLUSION: Irritable bowel syndrome is common in health care workers with intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations being equally common...

..Four 16S rDNA fragments from positive PCR samples were directly sequenced. By sequence comparison, all were found to be 99% identical to the 16S rRNA of Helicobacter pylori...

..pylori infection. This test is a useful tool for rapid diagnosis of H. pylori in out patients' setting...

..009) respectively. CONCLUSION: NSAID-associated peptic ulcer disease is common in Pakistan and most frequently associated with gastric and duodenal ulcer. H. pylori infection is common in association with NSAID related peptic ulcers...

..001, OR 1.9, CI 1.3-2.8). CONCLUSION: IBS is common in younger adult population of Pakistan. Its prevalence is higher in non-medical college students but health care seeking behavior was more common in medical students...

..Sixty-seven percent (152/228) did not seek health care advice, 32% (74/228) practiced self-medications and 33% (76/228) consulted a physician. CONCLUSION: Gastroesophageal reflux is a common problem in the urban population of Pakistan...

..On an intention-to-treat analysis, the eradication rate was 81% (42 out of 52) whereas on per-protocol basis, the eradication rate was 82.4% (42 out of 51). In conclusion, this new regimen represents a suitable second-line therapy...

..To investigate the frequency of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and health seeking behaviour in patients belonging to different ethnic groups and their squatter settlements in two cities of Pakistan...

..003). CONCLUSION: Phloroglucinol in a dose of 50mg three times daily is effective and well tolerated by the IBS patients. It relieves most of the symptoms of IBS...

..To our knowledge this is the first local report of spindle cell carcinoma occurring in the esophagus and describes its endoscopic and histopathological features with distinctive biphasic morphology...