title: Helicobacter pylori in pediatrics.
abstract: This review summarizes important pediatric studies published from April 2011 up to March 2012. Proteomics profile of ulcerogenic Helicobacter pylori strains was defined in the most interesting study of the last year. The antigen stool test is becoming the "gold standard" in prevalence studies, and according to the last epidemiologic studies, the prevalence of H. pylori infection in childhood is not decreasing any more in the developed world. The resistance rate of H. pylori strains is high in children. Therefore, among other important issues concerning H. pylori in pediatrics, guidelines published by ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN last year also recommended culture and susceptibility testing before first-line treatment in areas with high or unknown antibiotic resistance rates.
authors.affiliation: University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia. matjaz.homan@guest.arnes.si
authors.forename: Matjaž
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Homan
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hojsak
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kolaček
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents