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Guidelines for the management of Helicobacter pylori infection in Italy: The III Working Group Consensus Report 2015.
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Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver [Dig Liver Dis] 2015 Nov; Vol. 47 (11), pp. 903-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 06. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Knowledge on the role of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is continually evolving, and treatment is becoming more challenging due to increasing bacterial resistance. Since the management of HP infection is changing, an update of the national Italian guidelines delivered in 2007 was needed. In the III Working Group Consensus Report 2015, a panel of 17 experts from several Italian regions reviewed current evidence on different topics relating to HP infection. Four working groups examined the following topics: (1) "open questions" on HP diagnosis and treatment (focusing on dyspepsia, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or aspirin use and extra-gastric diseases); (2) non-invasive and invasive diagnostic tests; (3) treatment of HP infection; (4) role of HP in the prevention of gastric cancer. Statements and recommendations were discussed and a consensus reached in a final plenary session held in February 2015 in Bologna. Recommendations are based on the best current evidence to help physicians manage HP infection in Italy. The guidelines have been endorsed by the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Amoxicillin therapeutic use
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal therapeutic use
Antigens, Bacterial analysis
Barrett Esophagus complications
Breath Tests
Clarithromycin therapeutic use
Disease Management
Drug Therapy, Combination
Dyspepsia complications
Feces
Gastroesophageal Reflux complications
Helicobacter Infections complications
Helicobacter Infections diagnosis
Italy
Levofloxacin therapeutic use
Metronidazole therapeutic use
Urea
Antacids therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Bismuth therapeutic use
Helicobacter Infections drug therapy
Helicobacter pylori
Proton Pump Inhibitors therapeutic use
Stomach Neoplasms prevention & control
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1878-3562
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26253555
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2015.06.010