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Helicobacter pylori
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Helicobacter pylori
A gramnegative rod-shaped bacterium that lives in the tissues of the stomach and causes inflammation of the stomach lining.
Mentioned in: Indigestion, Ulcers

Helicobacter pylori (he·li·kō·bakˑ·ter pī·lōˑ·rē),
n a bacterium implicated as a predisposing factor for most pyloric ulcers.
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In 1997, Veerman et al reported that H pylori had been detected at various sites in the oral cavity.
1% w/w) is able to totally kill this strain of H pylori which is resistant to two of the remaining antibiotics, still able to treat the infection.
Yet a maverick is now arguing that H pylori may have some benefits as well, and so he warns that a wholesale campaign to eradicate the bacterium is premature.
 
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