Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is important risk factors for chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Bismuth-containing quadruple therapy has recently been the first-line regimen recommended in many European countries but has limited efficacy in ASEAN especially Thailand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Most therapies for Helicobacter pylori eradication utilize multiple drugs given 2-4 times daily. Patient adherence has been an impediment to reliably achieving high success. This study evaluated a once-daily dosing H pylori eradication regimen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Accurate diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection plays an important role in further effective treatment. Rapid urine test (RAPIRUN) is a test developed for qualitative detection of urine H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: H. pylori is a class I carcinogen and major cause of gastric cancer. Few previous studies reported relationship between H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is important cause of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Moxifloxacin is effective antibiotic for treatment for H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsian Pac J Cancer Prev
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Background: Ulcerative colitis(UC) is important risk factor of colorectal cancer. Many evidences from western countries confirmed this relationship but limited studies were reported in ASEAN. This study was aimed to investigate prevalence, clinical presentations, endoscopic findings, histopathology, disease progression and risk for colorectal cancer(CRC) of UC patients in Thailand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHelicobacter 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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: H. pylori is an important cause of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Re-infection rates after successful eradication vary in different regions of the world but only limited studies have been performed in ASEAN Countries to clarify this important issue.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground and aim: H. pylori and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) remain the major causes of peptic ulcer disease. Nevertheless, non- H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is one of the important causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Thailand, involved in the pathogenesis and leading to a development of HCC with or without cirrhotic changes of the liver. This study was aimed to investigate the predictive factors for HCC among CHB patients in a tertiary care center in Thailand.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of CHB patients with or without HCC during the period of January 2009 and December 2014 at Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.