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ArticleBMC gastroenterology2021

The onset of ulcerative colitis upon Helicobacter pylori eradication in a 72-year-old woman: report of a rare case with a 3-year follow-up.

J Homolak, M Nikolić, D Potoč, M Živković, D Bakula, I Budimir, I Pavić, D Hrabar, N Ljubičić, D Vražić

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Article in BMC gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025
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  2. Impact ofDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  3. Frontiers in microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J HomolakDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
M NikolićGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. marko.nikolic72@gmail.com.
D PotočUniversity of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
M ŽivkovićGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
D BakulaGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
I BudimirGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
I PavićDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia.
D HrabarGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
N LjubičićGastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
D VražićDepartment of Periodontology, University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
Sisters of Charity Hospital · HRUniversity of Zagreb · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEpidemiological studies suggest an inverse association between H. pylori infection/exposure and inflammatory bowel disease prevalence/incidence, however, there are no reports of individual patients who developed a "non-transient" ulcerative colitis (UC) following H. pylori eradication. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 72-year-old female with an elderly-onset UC developed upon H. pylori eradication and a 3-year follow-up of the progression to steroid-dependent colitis complicated with enteropathic arthritis and final containment of the disease with golimumab. In our patient, H. pylori eradication was associated with the development of pancolitis that evolved into clinically, endoscopically, and pathohistologically confirmed UC.

conclusionsThe case of our patient provides a unique clinical context for a growing body of literature suggesting molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction of genes, environment, and microbiota to be of critical importance in the etiopathogenesis of UC, and thus, provides a valuable set of complementary translational information for preclinical and epidemiological research on the topic.

Indexed as

Colitis, UlcerativeHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansCase reportGolimumabHelicobacter pyloriInflammatory bowel diseaseUlcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID34332529
PMCPMC8325205
OpenAlexW3190589917

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