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Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children Versus Adults, Differences in Management Guidelines: Risks and Benefits of Treatment in Childhood.

Matjaž Homan, Zrinjka Mišak, Francis Megraud, Michal Kori

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Review in Helicobacter. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Helicobacter pylori in Israel: real-life data from a large database on frequency of non-invasive testing, follow-up testing and risk factors for infection.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  3. Potassium-competitive acid blockers forFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matjaž HomanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5764-5430
Zrinjka MišakReferral Center for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Francis MegraudINSERM U1312 BRIC, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2481-1612
Michal KoriPediatric Gastroenterology, Kaplan Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adults differs in several aspects such as the natural history, prevalence, the clinical presentations and complications, antibiotic resistance rates, treatment options, and the success rates of treatment. Due to all the abovementioned differences, management guidelines and recommendations are different between children and adults. In parallel to the steady decrease in the rate of H. pylori infection in the Western world in recent years, both in children and adults, antibiotic resistance rates have risen to alarming rates. The risk and benefits of eradication treatment, especially in children, must be considered when deciding "to treat or not." The risks include the negative effects of antibiotics, treatment failure, and reinfection as well as the possibility of losing the "protective effect" of H. pylori on atopy, allergy, and possibly on other gastrointestinal diseases. On the other hand, there are also many benefits of eradication therapy such as prevention of gastric complication and associated non-gastric complications as well as reduction of parental anxiety of nontreatment. This review summarizes the differences related to H. pylori in children versus adults and the risks and benefits of treatment in children.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriAdultChildHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicAnti-Bacterial AgentsbenefitschildreneradicationHelicobacter pyloririsks

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PMID40798867
PMCPMC12344332

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