دورة تعليم مستمر - Spotlight on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection-
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Asia/Baghdad
كلية طب الاسنان - فرع العلوم الاساسية - الطابق الثاني
كلية طب الاسنان - فرع العلوم الاساسية - الطابق الثاني
ا. زينب عبد الجبار, ا.د.بتول حسن, ا.د.مها عادل, ا.م.د. نور رؤوف
Description
Helicobacter pylori, previously known as Campylobacter pylori, is a gram-negative, microaerophilic, spiral (helical) bacterium usually found in the stomach. Its helical shape (from which the genus name, helicobacter, derives) is thought to have evolved in order to penetrate the mucoid lining of the stomach and thereby establish infection.
H. pylori infection is not a disease in itself, but it presents with a spectrum of clinical disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary tract. Dyspepsia is the predominant symptom, and a patient may present with epigastric pain, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, and heartburn
