The influence of high blood levels of urea on the presence of Campylobacter pylori in the stomach: a clinical study.
In order to determine whether urea influences the presence of Campylobacter pylori (Cp) in the stomach, the incidence of this infection was determined in patients with chronic renal failure who received no treatment (group A) or underwent regular hemodialysis (group B). A third group was examined as control. Biopsies from the gastric antrum were taken for histological investigation and for Cp detection. No significant differences among the 3 groups of patients were found with regards to the incidence of Campylobacter pylori. Urea can be considered as a preferred metabolite but no proof that high levels influence the occurrence of the organism in the stomach was found.
Di Giorgio
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P
Servizio di Diagnostica e Chirurgia Endoscopia, USL 44, Ospedale dei Pellegrini Vecchio, Napoli, Italy.
Rivellini
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G
D'Alessio
L
L
Di Benedetto
A
A
De Luca
B
B
D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000473:pathology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011706:Pyloric Antrum; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013270:Stomach / Q000382:microbiology*; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood*
D014508:Urea