The relation between the level of interleukin-23 with duration and severity of ulcerative colitis.

Aim: In this study, we determined the relationship between the serum level of IL-23 and the severity of ulcerative colitis (UC) among our population.

Background: A recent major breakthrough for describing the pathogenesis of intestinal tissue injury in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the pathway related to interleukin-23 (IL-23).

Patients And Methods: We performed a prospective case-control study on a total of 85 new patients with ulcerative colitis, recruited from a general referral hospital.

Correlation between creatinine clearance and Helicobacter pylori infection eradication with sequential and triple therapeutic regimens: A randomised clinical trial.

Background And Study Aims: Uraemic patients show susceptibility to gastrointestinal mucosal lesions and colonisation by Helicobacter pylori (HP). Antibiotic resistance constitutes a problem in treatment and bismuth preparations are toxic in uraemic patients. This study aimed to assess the correlation between creatinine clearance (CrCl) and eradication of HP infection with new sequential and standard triple therapeutic regimens.