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Reinfection with H. pylori

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Helicobacter pylori

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Helicobacter pylori therapy can either succeed (cure the infection) or fail. Failure is demonstrated by return of the original infecting organism soon after ending antimicrobial therapy (recrudescence of the infection). Cure of the infection does not guarantee that the individual will not be re-exposed to the bacterium and become reinfected with either the same or a new strain of H. pylori. Discovery of return of infection after a course or courses of antimicrobial therapy can be the result of either reinfection or recrudescence. It is not always easy to distinguish between them.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

    Richard H. Hunt (Professor of Medicine, Director) (Professor of Medicine, Director)

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, 9 Meibergdreef, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Guido N. J. Tytgat (Professor) (Professor)

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Graham, D.Y., Genta, R.M. (1994). Reinfection with H. pylori . In: Hunt, R.H., Tytgat, G.N.J. (eds) Helicobacter pylori. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1418-9_8

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