Helicobacter pylori

1. Front Matter

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2. Mixed gastric infections and infection with other Helicobacter species

   • S. L. Hazell

   Pages 1-10

3. In vivo studies of emergent issues in gastric Helicobacter pathogenesis and epidemiology

   • J. G. Fox

   Pages 11-32

4. Genetic bases for heterogeneity of Helicobacter pylori

   • M. J. Blaser

   Pages 33-39

5. Mobilis in mobile: unexpected flexibility and quantum leaps in the Helicobacter pylori genome

   • A. Covacci

   Pages 40-49

6. Effect of gastric acid on Helicobacter pylori ecology

   • A. Lee, B. Mellgård, H. Larsson

   Pages 50-63

7. Helicobacter pylori and the gastric environment

   • G. Sachs, K. Meyer-Rosberg, D. R. Scott, K. Melchers

   Pages 64-77

8. P-type ion motive ATPases of Helicobacter pylori

   • K. Melchers, W. Steinhilber, K. P. Schäfer

   Pages 78-84

9. Which is the most important factor in duodenal ulcer pathogenesis: the strain of Helicobacter pylori or the host?

   • D. Y. Graham, R. M. Genta, M. F. Go, H. Malaty

   Pages 85-91

10. The effect of Helicobacter pylori on the surface hydrophobicity and phospholipid composition of the gastric mucosa

    • L. M. Lichtenberger

    Pages 92-97

11. Mediators of inflammation in Helicobacter pylori infection

    • K. Bodger, J. E. Crabtree

    Pages 98-107

12. Effects of abnormalities of gastrin and somatostatin in Helicobacter pylori infection on acid secretion

    • J. Calam, I. L. P. Beales, A. Gibbons, M. Ghatei, J. Del Valle

    Pages 108-121

13. Helicobacter pylori gastritis and gastric acid secretory function — an integrated approach

    • K. E. L. McColl, D. Gillen, E. El-Omar, K. Oien, S. Dahill

    Pages 122-131

14. Nitric oxide, bacteria and ulcer healing

    • S. N. Elliott, J. L. Wallace

    Pages 132-138

15. Effects of infection with Helicobacter pylori on gastric epithelium

    • S. E. Crowe, X. Fan, S. Behar, G. Ye

    Pages 139-149

16. Is the Th1/Th2 lymphocyte balance upset by Helicobacter pylori infection?

    • P. B. Ernst, V. E. Reyes, W. R. Gourley, H. Häberle, K. B. Bamford

    Pages 150-157

17. What determines the vigour of the immune response to Helicobacter pylori?

    • K. Croitoru, D. Snider

    Pages 158-167

18. Theories of vaccination for Helicobacter pylori

    • W. F. Doe

    Pages 168-173

19. Vaccines for the treatment and prevention of Helicobacter pylori infection

    • I. Corthésy-Theulaz, A. L. Blum, J.-P. Kraehenbuhl

    Pages 174-184

20. The epithelial changes associated with Helicobacter pylori infection: the biology of gastric and intestinal metaplasia

    • N. Wright

    Pages 185-194

The impact of Helicobacter pylori on basic science and the clinical management of patients with the complications of this infection is bewildering. The explosion of new information both in the laboratory and at the bedside has progressed at an unprecedented rate. Our main objective in furthering this progress has been to integrate this new information and organize a series of top-quality presentations and discussions between investigators and clinicians on all aspects of H. pylori research and to review the current position and future research directions. To that end, the second meeting 'Helicobacter pylori: Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Cure' was organized in June 1996 in Ottawa, Canada, following the successful format of the first such meeting held in Amelia Island, Florida, in 1993. The meeting again focused on all timely aspects of H. pylori research. Internationally renowned basic and clinical scientists, all experts in their respective fields, explored in depth the spectrum of H. pylori infection and the related complications of gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and lymphoma.

• Gastritis
• bacteria
• cancer
• helicobacter pylori
• infection
• infections
• infectious diseases

• Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Canada

  Richard H. Hunt

• Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Guido N. J. Tytgat

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