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Respiratory diseases and Helicobacter pylori infection: is there a link?
Anastasios Roussos et al. Respiration. 2006.
Abstract
Recent studies suggest an epidemiological association between Helicobacter pylori infection and several extra-gastroduodenal pathologies, including cardiovascular, rheumatic, skin and liver diseases. The observed associations might be explained by a role of H. pylori infection in the pathogenesis of certain extra-digestive disorders, as a variety of inflammatory mediators are activated by H. pylori infection. The present review summarizes the current literature, including our own studies, concerning the association between respiratory diseases and H. pylori infection. A small number of epidemiological and serologic case-control studies suggest that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased seroprevalence of H. pylori. A frequent coexistence of bronchiectasis and H. pylori infection has also been found. Moreover, recent studies have shown an increased prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and in those with lung cancer. On the other hand, bronchial asthma does not seem to be related to H. pylori infection. At present, there is no definite proof of a causal relationship between H. pylori and respiratory diseases. The primary evidence rests on case-control studies, concerning relatively small numbers of patients. Future studies should be large enough for moderate-sized effects to be assessed or registered reliably. The activation of inflammatory mediators by H. pylori infection might be the pathogenetic mechanism underlying the observed associations. Therefore, the role of genetic predisposition of the infected host, the presence of strain-specific virulence factors and the serum concentration of proinflammatory markers in H. pylori-infected patients with respiratory diseases need further evaluation.
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