title: [Helicobacter pylori and skin diseases--a (still) intact myth?].
abstract: Helicobacter pylori plays a key role in the aetiology of peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and gastric MALT-lymphoma. Based on a number of reports, a possible relationship of Helicobacter pylori infection to a variety of different dermatoses has been suggested, including urticaria, rosacea, acne-rosacea, atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata, Sjögren's syndrome, Schönlein-Henoch purpura, and Sweet syndrome. Larger case-control studies, however, do not confirm this relationship. Therefore, Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy cannot be generally recommended in these dermatoses.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Böni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burg
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology