TY  - CHAP
AU  - Bruna Maria Roesler
AU  - José Murilo Robilotta Zeitune
ED  - Bruna Maria Roesler
Y1  - 2014-04-03
PY  - 2014
T1  - Molecular Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in Brazilian Patients with Early Gastric Cancer and a Review to Understand the Prognosis of the Disease
N2  - Helicobacter pylori is a universally distributed bacterium which affects more than half of the world population. The infection is associated with the development of various diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract, besides extradigestive diseases. This book is a comprehensive overview of contributors on H. pylori infection in several areas. Its chapters were divided into sections concerning general aspects of H. pylori infection, immunopathology and genetic diversity, questions regarding possible routes of bacterium transmission, the importance of the strains characteristics in the development of gastric cancer and the possibilities of prevention, H. pylori infection in children, the possible association between its infection and extradigestive diseases, and the principal therapeutic regimens of bacterium eradication, considering the antimicrobial resistance.
BT  - Trends in Helicobacter pylori Infection
SP  - Ch. 4
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/58328
DO  - 10.5772/58328
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-25
ER  -