Serum Cytokine Signature That Discriminates Positive and Negative Juvenile Gastroduodenitis.

Gastroduodenitis caused by , often acquired in early childhood, is found in about 50% of the adult population. Although infections can remain asymptomatic, its virulence factors usually trigger epithelial vacuolization and degeneration, loss of microvilli, disintegration of cytoplasm, and leukocyte accumulation. It is believed that leukocyte infiltration is driven by cytokines produced locally in infected tissue.