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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
In a 2- to 4-year prospective study, the reversibility of gastritis after Helicobacter pylori eradication was analysed. Sixty-three H. pylori-positive, chronic duodenal ulcer patients were studied after the successful eradication of bacteria in the period from 1990 to 1993. H. pylori eradication was obtained by triple antimicrobial regimens (colloidal bismuth subcitrate, amoxycillin, and metronidazole) applied for at least 14 days. The criteria for eradication were the absence of bacteria from two antral and two body of stomach biopsies stained with haematoxylin, eosin, and Warthin Starry, and a negative antral biopsy culture. The same diagnostic procedures were repeated, at regular follow-up endoscopies, each year for up to 4 years. Neutrophil-granulocyte infiltration of gastric mucosa disappeared in 2 months after bacterial eradication. Mononuclear cellular infiltration was disappearing with statistical significance up to the second year and normal mucosa was observed in the majority of patients in the fourth year of follow-up. Degeneratively changed lymphoid aggregates were also present in the fourth year in the antrum (12.5 per cent of patients) and in the body of stomach (14 per cent of patients). There was no significant change in antral intestinal metaplasia during the 4 years of follow-up. Antral atrophy declined significantly in the period from 1 to 3 years of follow-up. In conclusion, 3-4 years are needed for gastric mucosa to become normal after H. pylori eradication, although some residual lymphoid aggregates persist even after that period.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-3417
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
188
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Amoxicillin, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Duodenal Ulcer, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Gastric Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Gastritis, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Helicobacter, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Helicobacter Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Helicobacter pylori, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Metaplasia, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Metronidazole, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Organometallic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10398136-Statistics, Nonparametric
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Two- to four-year histological follow-up of gastric mucosa after Helicobacter pylori eradication.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Center Rogaka, Rogaka Slatina, Slovenia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article