Helicobacter pylori infection and respiratory diseases:a review

作     者：Anastasios Roussos Nikiforos Philippou Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis 

作者机构：9th Department of Pulmonary Medicine"SOTIRIA"Chest Diseases HospitalAthensGreece Pulmonary DepartmentMedical University of ThesallyLarisaGreece 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2003年第9卷第1期

页      面：5-8页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Helicobacter pylori Asthma Bronchiectasis Bronchitis, Chronic Helicobacter Infections Humans Lung Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Diseases Seroepidemiologic Studies Tuberculosis, Pulmonary 

摘      要：In the past few years,a variety of extradigestive disorders, including cardiovascular,skin,rheumatic and liver diseases, have been associated with Helicobacter pylori(***) *** activation of inflammatory mediators by *** seems to be the pathogenetic mechanism underlying the observed *** present review summarizes the current literature,including our own studies,concerning the association between *** and respiratory diseases. A small number of epidemiological and serologic,case- control studies suggest that *** infection may be associated with the development of chronic bronchitis.A frequent coexistence of pulmonary tuberculosis and *** infection has also been ***,recent studies have shown an increased *** in patients with bronchiectasis and in those with lung *** the other hand,bronchial asthma seems not to be related with *** infection. All associations between *** infection and respiratory diseases are primarily based on case-control studies, concerning relatively small numbers of ***, there is a lack of studies focused on the pathogenetic link between respiratory diseases and *** infection. Therefore,we believe that larger studies should be undertaken to confirm the observed results and to clarify the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms.