Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection

BACKGROUND: Many consider histology to be the gold standard for Helicobacter pylori detection. Because the number and distribution of H pylori organisms vary, particularly in patients taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the American Gastroenterological Association recommends discontinuing PPIs two...

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Main Authors: Hala El-Zimaity, Stefano Serra, Eva Szentgyorgyi, Rajkumar Vajpeyi, Amir Samani
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897423
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description BACKGROUND: Many consider histology to be the gold standard for Helicobacter pylori detection. Because the number and distribution of H pylori organisms vary, particularly in patients taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the American Gastroenterological Association recommends discontinuing PPIs two weeks before endoscopy, and taking biopsies from both the body and antrum.
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spelling doaj-art-54f9207f850a4b6ca5e160a787dfc18e2025-08-20T02:05:04ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002013-01-012710e25e3010.1155/2013/897423Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori InfectionHala El-Zimaity0Stefano Serra1Eva Szentgyorgyi2Rajkumar Vajpeyi3Amir Samani4Department of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Many consider histology to be the gold standard for Helicobacter pylori detection. Because the number and distribution of H pylori organisms vary, particularly in patients taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the American Gastroenterological Association recommends discontinuing PPIs two weeks before endoscopy, and taking biopsies from both the body and antrum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897423
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Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
title Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection
title_full Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection
title_fullStr Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection
title_full_unstemmed Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection
title_short Gastric Biopsies: The Gap between Evidence-Based Medicine and Daily Practice in the Management of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection
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url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897423
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