Helicobacter pylori infection in pediatrics.
This review summarizes the literature on Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood between April 2005 and March 2006, and includes guidelines of the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference, noninvasive tests, optimum therapy regimens and problems with resistance, and reviews on immune mechanisms in the gastric mucosa that may lead to the development of an effective vaccine.
Mourad-Baars
Petronella
P
Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden and Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, the Netherlands. p.e.c.mourad-baars@lumc.nl
Chong
Sonny
S
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010372:Pediatrics; D015995:Prevalence
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial