Analysis of the Influence of Interleukin-1β Gene Polymorphism on Gastric Inflammatory Response and Precancerous Lesions Development in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia.

The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of the 31C/T polymorphism on gastric inflammatory response and precancerous lesions development - atrophic gastritis (AG) and intestinal metaplasia (IM) - in patients positive for infection with functional dyspepsia (FD). The diagnosis of FD followed the Rome III criteria, and the infection was evaluated by urease test and histological examination of gastric biopsies (corpus, antrum, and incisura). The severity of chronic inflammation and inflammatory activity, as well as the presence of precancerous lesions were evaluated accordingly to the updated Sydney System.

Potential roles of Helicobacter pylori treatment, body mass index and waist circumference in the causation of erosive esophagitis: a randomized clinical trial (HEROES-GERD).

Background: In recent decades, the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obesity has been increasing while Helicobacter pylori infection has been decreasing.

Objective: To evaluate if H. pylori treatment, excess body weight and other anthropometric measurements are associated with incident erosive esophagitis, as a secondary objective of a trial which tested the efficacy of treatment of H.

IVTH BRAZILIAN CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION.

Significant progress has been obtained since the III Brazilian Consensus Conference on H. pylori infection held in 2012, in Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, and justify a fourth meeting to establish updated guidelines on the current management of H. pylori infection.

Detection of Helicobacter pylori resistance to clarithromycin and fluoroquinolones in Brazil: A national survey.

Aim: To evaluate bacterial resistance to clarithromycin and fluoroquinolones in Brazil using molecular methods.

Methods: The primary antibiotic resistance rates of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) were determined from November 2012 to March 2015 in the Southern, South-Eastern, Northern, North-Eastern, and Central-Western regions of Brazil.

Changing pattern of indications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children and adolescents: a twelve-year experience.

Background: There are few data regarding endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) usefulness in children and adolescents. We reviewed the long-term experience with diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP in a tertiary single center in Southern Brazil.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients aged 0-18 years who had undergone ERCPs from January 2000 to June 2012 was done.