Fluorescence in situ hybridization vs. epsilometer test for detection of clarithromycin-susceptible and clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori strains in gastric biopsies from children.

abstract：:Faecal impaction with or without encopresis is a very common problem. We performed a randomized, open-label, prospective study to compare the efficacy and acceptability of the treatment of faecal impaction using either mineral oil or pineapple-flavoured isotonic intestinal lavage solution containing polyethylene glyco...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tolia V,Lin CH,Elitsur Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a renewed interest in use of combination therapies in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B (CHB) because of limitations of monotherapies. AIM:To discuss the current status of combination therapies in treatment-naïve CHB. METHODS:PubMed search was done using 'combination', 'sequential' and 'chronic ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Kumar M,Sarin SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with colorectal neoplasia. Yet, NAFLD ranges from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis with advanced fibrosis. AIM:To investigate the risk of colorectal neoplasia according to the presence and severity of NAFLD. METHODS:A total of 26 540 asymptomatic a...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ahn JS,Sinn DH,Min YW,Hong SN,Kim HS,Jung SH,Gu S,Rhee PL,Paik SW,Son HJ,Gwak GY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between ulcerative colitis and cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been recognised for over 50 years; and the role of CMV in ulcerative colitis in general, and steroid resistance in particular, remains a topic of ongoing controversy. The outcome for patients with CMV reactivation appears worse than tha...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sager K,Alam S,Bond A,Chinnappan L,Probert CS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lacking an objective 'gold standard' for diagnosing dyspepsia, several symptom-based classifications have been suggested. AIM:To assess if response to proton-pump inhibitor treatment could provide useful information for current or future dyspepsia classification. METHODS:Post hoc analyses of 829 patients t...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Meineche-Schmidt V

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia (FD) are common functional disorders without defined pathology. Mast cells and eosinophils interact with T lymphocytes and may alter enteric nerve and smooth muscle function. AIM:To examine mast cell, eosinophil and intraepithelial lymphocyte populatio...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Walker MM,Talley NJ,Prabhakar M,Pennaneac'h CJ,Aro P,Ronkainen J,Storskrubb T,Harmsen WS,Zinsmeister AR,Agreus L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance entero-colonography enables accurate assessment of ileocolonic Crohn's disease, but the need for bowel cleansing and rectal enema limits considerably its use in daily practice. AIM:We evaluated the accuracy of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance entero-colonography with neither bowel cl...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Buisson A,Hordonneau C,Goutte M,Boyer L,Pereira B,Bommelaer G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few published data concerning the economic impact of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the setting of biliary obstruction. AIM:To perform decision analysis to determine the costs of prophylaxis in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopa...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Thompson BF,Arguedas MR,Wilcox CM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones is now recognized as a multifactorial process, including saturation of bile with cholesterol, destabilization of bile leading to cholesterol crystals and hypomotility permitting crystal growth, and agglomeration and retention of microstones which then grow to macroscopic gall...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pauletzki J,Paumgartner G

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric side-effects may require dose reduction or premature discontinuation of interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C. New strategies are needed in order to prevent the premature termination of interferon therapy. AIM:To evaluate prospectively the efficacy and tolerability of antidepressant therapy ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Kraus MR,Schäfer A,Faller H,Csef H,Scheurlen M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients who present with chronic unexplained upper abdominal pain or discomfort (functional dyspepsia), therapy should ideally be targeted on correcting the individual's disturbed pathophysiology. Here, putative mechanisms implicated in functional dyspepsia and potential approaches to therapy are critically review...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Talley NJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a leading cause of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) across the world. Ibuprofen is one of the most commonly used and safest NSAIDs, nevertheless reports on ibuprofen-induced hepatotoxicity are available. AIM:To analyse previously published information on ibu...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Zoubek ME,Lucena MI,Andrade RJ,Stephens C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imbalance between apoptosis and proliferation may be one of the mechanisms underlying H. pylori associated gastric carcinogenesis. AIM:To examine the cell kinetics of gastric intestinal metaplasia and the effect of H. pylori eradication. METHODS:Endoscopic gastric biopsies were obtained from 100 H. pylori-...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Leung WK,Yu J,To KF,Go MY,Ma PK,Chan FK,Sung JJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restriction of dietary FODMAP intake can alleviate symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Because many FODMAPs have prebiotic actions, there is concern that their dietary restriction leads to dysbiosis with health consequences, and their intake is being encouraged by addition to foods and via su...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gibson PR,Halmos EP,Muir JG

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous esomeprazole may be beneficial for patients who cannot take oral medications. AIM:To compare intravenous esomeprazole with oral esomeprazole for effects on maximal acid output during pentagastrin stimulation in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms. METHODS:In four separate o...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Metz DC,Miner PB,Heuman DM,Chen Y,Sostek M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton pump inhibitors effectively suppress intragastric acid. Nocturnal acid breakthrough occurs on any dosing regimen of oral proton pump inhibitors. Histamine(2)-receptor antagonists (H(2)RA) suppress intragastric acidity independently of meals and help to control nocturnal acid breakthrough. Because prot...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tutuian R,Katz PO,Ahmed F,Korn S,Castell DO

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated the effects of rabeprazole on low-dose aspirin (LDA)-induced gastroduodenal injuries. AIM:To conduct a randomised, double-blind, triple-dummy, active-controlled, multicentre trial, named the PLANETARIUM study, to assess the efficacy, dose-response relationship and safety of rabepr...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Iwakiri R,Higuchi K,Kato M,Fujishiro M,Kinoshita Y,Watanabe T,Takeuchi T,Yamauchi M,Sanomura M,Nakagawa H,Sugisaki N,Okada Y,Ogawa H,Arakawa T,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe and severe/complicated Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can result in ICU admission, sepsis, toxic megacolon and death. In this setting, colectomy is the standard of care but it is associated with a 50% mortality. AIM:To evaluate safety and efficacy of a sequential faecal microbiota transplantat...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fischer M,Sipe BW,Rogers NA,Cook GK,Robb BW,Vuppalanchi R,Rex DK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B (HBV)-infected patients have a higher morbidity and mortality when super-infected by hepatitis A (HAV). AIM:To evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of a commercial inactivated HAV vaccine in Chinese patients with chronic HBV infection. METHODS:Sixty-five HBV-infected patients (30 carriers, 22...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tsang SW,Sung JJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunts (TIPSS) have been used successfully to reduce portal pressure in the context of variceal haemorrhage. Recent interest has focused on the possible use of TIPSS to manage refractory ascites. AIM:To study the effect of TIPSS insertion in 18 patients with ref...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Forrest EH,Stanley AJ,Redhead DN,McGilchrist AJ,Hayes PC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind parallel-group study, 98 patients with symptomatic duodenal ulcer received omeprazole 20 mg o.m. and 91 cimetidine 800 mg nocte for 2 or, if then not healed, 4 weeks. After 2 weeks the healing rates on an intention-to-treat basis were: for omeprazole 62% and for cimetidine 33% (P less than 0.001), an...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Crowe JP,Wilkinson SP,Bate CM,Willoughby CP,Peers EM,Richardson PD

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of covert hepatic encephalopathy (CHE) by means of portosystemic encephalopathy syndrome (PSE) test is costly and therefore infrequently performed. AIM:To determine the ability of critical flicker frequency (CFF) alone or in combination with laboratory findings, as an initial test to pre-selec...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Greinert R,Ripoll C,Hollenbach M,Zipprich A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a recognized cause of proctitis. Symptoms, endoscopy and histology findings are similar in IBD and LGV proctitis. AIMS:To characterize the clinical, endoscopic and histological features seen in men diagnosed initially with IBD and subsequently with LGV proctitis, and to att...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Soni S,Srirajaskanthan R,Lucas SB,Alexander S,Wong T,White JA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria have been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Helicobacter species have been shown to cause colitis in animal models and have been identified in human diarrhoeal illness and Crohn's disease. AIM:To determine whether Helicobacter species are present in human inflammatory bo...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Bell SJ,Chisholm SA,Owen RJ,Borriello SP,Kamm MA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of severe and active Crohn's disease is currently based on immunosuppression, but also involves the management of nutrition, appropriate selection of patients for surgery, and maintenance of remission in the long term. Corticosteroids remain the drug of the first choice, particularly in the acute setting...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Parkes M,Jewell DP

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not clear whether the incidence or early mortality related to peptic ulcer perforation has changed. AIM:To evaluate the incidence and mortality related to peptic ulcer perforation while considering the intake of low-dose aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). METHODS:We recorded t...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Taha AS,Angerson WJ,Prasad R,McCloskey C,Gilmour D,Morran CG

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current guidelines recommend the cessation of clopidogrel therapy 5 days and 7-10 days prior to colonoscopic polypectomy. Recent studies have advocated for continued clopidogrel as post-polypectomy bleeding (PPB) rates have been similar to those in the general population not on antithrombotic therapy. AIM:T...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gandhi S,Narula N,Mosleh W,Marshall JK,Farkouh M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrimmune is an immunogenic form of gastrin. It raises in situ antibodies against two proliferative forms of gastrin: amidated and glycine-extended gastrin-17. It has been shown to have a therapeutic action in several in vivo tumour models. Following immunization, due to the complex equilibrium that exists...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Smith AM,Morris T,Justin T,Michaeli D,Watson SA

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with a continuous i.v. proton pump inhibitor is presumed to promote clot formation and stability by sustaining intragastric pH > or = 6. AIM:We postulated that very frequent oral dosing of proton pump inhibitors should simulate i.v. infusion and achieve similar pH control. METHODS:Twenty healthy ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pais SA,Nathwani RA,Dhar V,Nowain A,Laine L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retrospective accounts suggest that therapeutic doses of paracetamol can produce severe hepatic injury in patients with putative high-risk conditions, including alcoholism and infectious hepatitis. Metabolism of paracetamol to its hepatotoxic metabolite is enhanced in patients who abuse alcohol, who also hav...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Dart RC,Green JL,Kuffner EK,Heard K,Sproule B,Brands B

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00