How Well Is Helicobacter pylori Treated in Usual Practice?

Kumaresan Yogeswaran; Grant Chen; Lawrence Cohen; Mary Anne Cooper; Elaine Yong; Eugene Hsieh; Corwyn Rowsell; Fred Saibil; Jill Tinmouth

doi:10.1155/2011/647904

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2011)

How Well Is Helicobacter pylori Treated in Usual Practice?

Kumaresan Yogeswaran,
Grant Chen,
Lawrence Cohen,
Mary Anne Cooper,
Elaine Yong,
Eugene Hsieh,
Corwyn Rowsell,
Fred Saibil,
Jill Tinmouth

Affiliations

Kumaresan Yogeswaran: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada
Grant Chen: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada
Lawrence Cohen: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada
Mary Anne Cooper: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada
Elaine Yong: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada
Eugene Hsieh: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Corwyn Rowsell: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Fred Saibil: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada
Jill Tinmouth: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/647904
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 10
pp. 543 – 546

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a WHO class I carcinogen also associated with nonmalignant gastrointestinal diseases. Effective treatment exists, and all persons infected with H pylori should receive treatment. However, data regarding the rates of treatment prescription in clinical practice are lacking.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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