title: "Cervia II Working Group Report 2006": guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in Italy.
abstract: Proper management of Helicobacter pylori infection in clinical practice--when supported by evidence-based data--is expected to produce substantial cost-efficacy advantages. This consideration has prompted the Cervia Working Group to organise a meeting of experts to update the National Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori infection in Italy. Recommendations in the new European Guidelines were considered in the National setting, here in the light of factors such as the incidence of gastric cancer and gastric lymphoma, the accessibility to different diagnostic tools, the prevalence of bacterial resistance against antibiotics, and the availability of different drugs. The main revisions in respect to the previous guidelines include H. pylori eradication in non-ulcer dyspepsia patients and in non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug users, as well as in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and iron deficiency anaemia. The stool antigen test is now accepted as a valid test for confirmation of H. pylori eradication following therapy. New therapeutic approaches have been recommended for both first- (sequential therapy) and second-line (levofloxacin-based) treatment in our country.
authors.affiliation: School of Gastroenterology, University of Ferrara, Italy. csc@unife.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caselli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zullo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maconi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Parente
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alvisi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Casetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sorrentino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gasbarrini
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors