Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatitis in children and adolescents in Latin America.

Objective: to present the results of a survey applied to Latin American pediatric gastroenterologists (PGs) to learn how they perform the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatitis.

Material And Methods: a descriptive, exploratory, multicenter study and survey was conducted.

Results: 73.

Toll-like receptors and cytokines are upregulated during Helicobacter pylori infection in children.

Background And Aim: Helicobacter pylori infection is mainly acquired during childhood, and establishes a chronic infection that may lead to peptic ulcer or gastric cancer during adulthood. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are expressed by distinct cell types throughout the gastrointestinal tract, and play an important role in regulation of the innate immune response. Few works have addressed TLRs expression in gastric epithelia of adults, and scarce studies have done it in children.

A primary Helicobacter pylori infection does not protect against reinfection in children after eradication therapy.

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common chronic infections in the world, and is acquired mainly during childhood. It is not clear to which extent a primary infection protects the child from reinfection. Our aim was to determine the possible protection conferred by a primary infection against H.

High rates of recurrence and of transient reinfections of Helicobacter pylori in a population with high prevalence of infection.

Objectives: Little is known concerning the magnitude of reinfection versus recrudescence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection after eradication treatment. The aims of this study were to determine the magnitude of H.

Efficacy and safety of oral pantoprazole 20 mg given once daily for reflux esophagitis in children.

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy and safety of oral pantoprazole, 20 mg (0.5 to 1.0 mg/kg/day) once daily for 28 days, in pediatric patients with reflux esophagitis.