ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 20 New evidence-based guidelines on the management of H. pylori infection, a leading cause of gastric conditions, have been released.
H. pylori infection, one of the most common worldwide infections and an important factor linked to the development of peptic ulcer disease, gastric malignancy and dyspeptic symptoms occurs in an estimated 30 percent to 40 percent of the U.S. population, said the report published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Guideline author Dr. William D. Chey of the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor said a significant amount of new information regarding the management of this infection has become available since the last guidelines were published in 1998.
Topics covered within the guidelines include the accepted and controversial indications for testing and treating H. pylori infection, the best methods to test for H. pylori and how these diagnostic tests can most effectively be utilized in clinical practice and the latest and most effective treatments for H. pylori infection.
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