PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Saad, Richard
AU  - Chey, William D.
TI  - A clinician’s guide to managing <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> infection
DP  - 2005 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 109--124
VI  - 72
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/2/109.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/2/109.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2005 Feb 01; 72
AB  - Helicobacter pylori infection is chronic and very common. Its clinical consequences vary widely, ranging from being asymptomatic and clinically insignificant in many cases to causing dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric malignancy in others. Care must be used in deciding whom to test for H pylori infection, as a positive result mandates treatment, making broad-based screening impractical.