Helicobacter pylori – a still ongoing problem

The diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection are up-to-date, which is due to the frequency of human infections and the consequences of the chronic once, in most cases Helicobacter pylori infection is asymptomatic. If there are symptoms, the most common are dyspeptic complaints. In some patients Helicobacter pylori causes severe disease, mainly in stomach. This pathogen has been recognized as the main cause of the peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and MALT lymphoma. It is also known to play an important role in some other disease such essential thrombocytopenia, some types of deficiency anemia. This article discusses the current on the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection, its consequences, diagnosis, treatment and the prevention of infection, information on changes in flora of digestive tract that can occur during the eradication of this bacterium, is also presented.