High Rate of Helicobacter pylori Re-Infection in Patients Affected by Type 1 Diabetes

摘要: Patients affected by type 1 diabetes appear to be more prone infection than healthy subjects (1). Recently, it has been shown that Helicobacter pylori ( H. ) is common in (2) and the use of a standard antibiotic therapy obtains significantly lower eradication rate non–insulin-dependent diabetic (3,4). Our aim was assess incidence re-infection after successful patients. A total 74 previously infected were enrolled, including 34 (16 women 18 men, 42 ± 9 years age) 40 nondiabetic control (17 23 …