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Article: Interleukin-8 marks Helicobacter pylori status in treated ulcer patients.
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- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- July 24, 2004
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2004 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-8 marks Helicobacter pylori status in treated ulcer patients.
"Failure to eradicate Helicobacter pylori can lead to peptic ulcer recurrence and gastric malignancy. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop a noninvasive method for determining whether H. pylori infection was eradicated with antibiotic-based triple therapy. A total of 17 patients with duodenal ulcer (DU) and 17 with gastric ulcer (GU) were evaluated both before and after treatment," scientists in Taiwan report.
"Outcomes included serum levels of interleukin-8 (IL-8), pepsinogen I, and gastrin, and the Wilcoxon signed rank ...