Helicobacter pylori infection in hemodialysis patients: susceptibility to amoxicillin and clarithromycinSelim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, 67800, Zonguldak, Turkey
World J Gastroenterol 11:842-5. 2005
..To evaluate susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to amoxicillin and clarithromycin in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and non-uremic controls...
- Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric epithelial cell kinetics in patients with chronic renal failure
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak 67800, Turkey
World J Gastroenterol 11:7183-7. 2005
..To evaluate the effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric epithelial cell kinetics in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF)...
- Gastric wall calcification in gastric cancer relapse: case report
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
Turk J Gastroenterol 17:50-2. 2006
..As far as we know, this is the first case in the English literature in whom gastric tumor calcification developed one year after gastric cancer operation. We also discuss possible mechanisms of gastric wall calcification in such cases...
- Helicobacter pylori eradication lowers serum asymmetric dimethylarginine levels
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67800 Zonguldak, Turkey
Mediators Inflamm 2010:685903. 2010
..Elevated levels of ADMA have been reported in many circumstances associated with a high cardiovascular risk. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the eradication of H. pylori infection affects serum ADMA levels...
- The effect of Helicobacter pylori on insulin resistance
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
Dig Dis Sci 50:2090-3. 2005
..1 in the H. pylori-negative group, whereas it was 2.56 +/- 1.54 in the H. pylori-positive group (P < 0.05). This study provides the first direct evidence for an association between chronic H. pylori infection and insulin resistance...
- Effect of hyperthyroidism and propylthiouracil treatment on liver biochemical tests
S Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Int J Clin Pract 59:1304-8. 2005
..PTU could be used for long times by lowering the dose and close follow-up in patients who have elevated LBT during the pretreatment and after PTU treatment period...
- Fulminant hepatic failure associated with propylthiouracil: a case report with treatment emphasis on the use of plasmapheresis
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
J Clin Apher 20:235-8. 2005
..Here we report a case of fulminant hepatic failure due to propylthiouracil and review the issues of treatment and management with special emphasis on the use of plasmapheresis in such situations...
- Eosinophil infiltration, gastric juice and serum eosinophil cationic protein levels in Helicobacter pylori-associated chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer
Selim A Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Ic Hastaliklari ABD, Gastroenteroloji BD, 67800 Zonguldak, Turkey
Mediators Inflamm 13:369-72. 2004
..pylori infection and its effect on ulcer development. In this study we investigated the gastric eosinophilic infiltration, gastric juice and serum ECP levels in patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer associated with H. pylori...
- The effects of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis on serum pepsinogen concentrations in patients with chronic renal failure
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Tohoku J Exp Med 205:263-8. 2005
..There were no differences in serum PG II levels between control subjects and CRF patients before or after dialysis treatment. Thus, CAPD is more effective than hemodialysis in the clearance of PG I...
- Celiac disease in patients having recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Selim Aydemir
Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Turk J Gastroenterol 15:192-5. 2004
..The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of celiac disease in patients presenting with recurrent aphthous stomatitis...
- Analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotypes and Th1/Th2 cytokines profile in the systemic immune responses of Helicobacter pylori infected individuals
Basak Kayhan
Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey
Microbiol Immunol 52:531-8. 2008
..pylori patients indicated that their immune systems had switched toward a Th2 type immune response. The correlation between phenotype and type of T cell response in the peripheral blood during H. pylori infection is discussed...
- The effects of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis on serum homocysteine and C-reactive protein levels
Ali Borazan
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine Internal Medicine, Iç Hastaliklari ABD 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey
Mediators Inflamm 13:361-4. 2004
..In this study, we aimed to investigate plasma homocysteine (Hcy) and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, and the relation among them...
- The effects of peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis on serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6, interleukin-10 and C-reactive-protein levels
Ali Borazan
Department of Internal Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
Mediators Inflamm 13:201-4. 2004
..In this study, we aimed to investigate serum TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-10 and CRP levels in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients...
- Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 are not increased in dyspeptic patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis
Taner Bayraktaroglu
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Mediators Inflamm 13:25-8. 2004
..There are few and conflicting data on circulatory proinflammatory cytokine levels in patients with H. pylori infection...
