NOUN
- the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers)
How To Use H. pylori In A Sentence
- A hundred years ago, nearly everyone was infected with H. pylori. But the use of antibiotics has beaten back the bug.
- H. pylori (especially east-Asian cytotoxin-associated gene [cagA] - positive strains) might carry an increased risk of developing gastric cancer, but currently identified cagA genotypes in the Asia-Pacific are not associated with cancer. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- However, the eradication double therapy that eliminated the H. pylori may also have eliminated other, established halitotic bacteria.
- H. pylori uses an enzyme called urease to attach to and infect the inside of the stomach. WebMD Health
- All cancer relatives who tested positive for H. pylori infection were treated with eradication therapy.
- H. pylori depends on a protein called urease to bind to and infect the stomach lining, and so the scientists created a urease antibody called IgY-urease they then fortified the yoghurt with. DairyReporter RSS
- In most cases, treating the H. pylori infection allows the ulcer, or ulcers, to heal and prevents them from recurring.
- Note that Helicobacter pylori is strongly suspected of being a stomach cancer-causing agent by way of ulcers, and in fact Barry J. Marshall, the Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist who discovered the link between H. pylori and stomach ulcers, appears in television and print advertisements in Japan selling LG21 yoghurt drink that claims to fight pylori bacteria. Japanese and milk drinking: part 1 of 2
- H. pylori is a microaerophile and thus requires oxygen concentrations that are below 21% partial pressure (normal atmospheric concentration).
- In populations with a high incidence of ulcer disease, the authors recommend antibiotic treatment for all H. pylori-positive, dyspeptic patients.
