TY - CHAP AU - Bruna Maria Roesler ED - Bruna Maria Roesler Y1 - 2019-09-18 PY - 2019 T1 - Introductory Chapter: Helicobacter pylori - An Overview of an Old Human Microorganism N2 - Helicobacter pylori is an universally distributed bacterium which affects more than half of the world population. H. pylori infection causes persistent inflammation with different clinical outcomes in humans, including chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. The infection has also been associated with several extradigestive disorders. In this book there is a comprehensive overview of contributors on H. pylori infection in diverse areas, including virulence factors of H. pylori and their importance for the clinical outcome of the diseases, discussions about the principal therapeutic regimens of bacterium eradication, also considering the antimicrobial resistance. H. pylori is clearly a very interesting bacteria and great studies and discussions about all its aspects are welcome to the medical and scientific communities. BT - Helicobacter Pylori SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88806 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.88806 SN - 978-1-83881-147-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -