RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A clinician’s guide to managing <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> infection
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 109
OP 124
VO 72
IS 2
A1 Saad, Richard
A1 Chey, William D.
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/2/109.abstract
AB Helicobacter pylori infection is chronic and very common. Its clinical consequences vary widely, ranging from being asymptomatic and clinically insignificant in many cases to causing dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric malignancy in others. Care must be used in deciding whom to test for H pylori infection, as a positive result mandates treatment, making broad-based screening impractical.