Tài liệu Báo cáo y học: " Significant association between Helicobacter pylori infection and serum C-reactive

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a spiral-shaped, gram-negative bacterium that inhabits the stomach mucosa in more than 50% of Japanese adults, and fur-ther more from child to elderly in developing countries [1]. This bacterium can elicit lifelong inflammatory and immune responses with release of various bacterial and host-dependent cytotoxic substances [2], resulting in chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, and gastric cancer [3].