Helicobacter pylori management in ASEAN: The Bangkok consensus report.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection remains to be the major cause of important upper gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. H.

Expression of NF-kB and COX2 in colorectal cancer among native Indonesians: the role of inflammation in colorectal carcinogenesis.

Aim: to evaluate the expression of NF-kB and COX2 in native Indonesians with sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC).

Methods: we conducted a matched-pair case-control study by acquiring both CRC and tumor-adjacent normal tissues from the same subjects. CRC patients who underwent surgery at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, or Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, were enrolled in the study.

Consensus of the present and prospects on endoscopic diagnosis and treatment in East asian countries.

Background and Aim. New diagnostic or therapeutic methods in endoscopy have been used. Current clinical application of these procedures is not well known.

A randomized, controlled, double-blind trial of the adjunct use of Clebopride in polyethylene glycol electrolyte (PEG) solution for colonoscopy preparation.

Aim: To study the benefit of Clebopride as an adjuvant in polyethylene glycol electrolyte (PEG) solution for colonoscopy preparation.

Methods: Eighty one adult patients who underwent colonoscopy examination were recruited in this randomized double blind controlled study. First group received PEG and placebo, whereas second group received PEG and Clebopride.

Expression of NF-kappaB and COX-2 in young versus older patients with sporadic colorectal cancer.

Aim: To distinguish the expression of NF-kappaB and COX-2 between young and older group of sporadic colorectal cancer patients.

Methods: This was a comparative study between sporadic CRC patients aged 40 years or younger and patients aged 60 years or more. Expression of NF-kappaB and COX-2 were assessed by immunohistochemical method using rabbit polyclonal antibodies against human p65 NF-kappaB and COX-2 proteins.

Patterns of Helicobacter pylori isolate resistance to fluoroquinolones, amoxicillin, clarithromycin and metronidazoles.

Helicobacter pylori eradication using the three antibiotic regimen of amoxicillin, clarithromycin and metronidazole often fails, making it imperative to find substitutes. The following study made use of 72 H. pylori isolates derived from pyloric antrum mucosa biopsies of gastritis and chronic dyspepsia patients treated at the Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital and three private hospitals in Jakarta.

Microorganisms and parasites in chronic infective diarrhea.

Aim: To reveal the pattern of microorganisms in chronic infective diarrhea cases.

Methods: We examined all patients suffering from chronic infective diarrhea over a six year period The patients were examined physically and at the same time laboratory tests,colon enema X-ray and colonoscopy, ileoscopy, upper GI endoscopy and small bowel X-ray were performed.

Results: We found 138 (66.