Detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in Egyptian patients with chronic calcular cholecystitis.

In conclusion, H. pylori infection may be an aetiological factor leading to cholecystitis. Gastric colonisation with H. pylori could be a source for GB infection, and the organism may act as a lithogenic component, especially in the context of pure pigmented gallstones. PMID: 24693570 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: British Journal of Biomedical Science - Category: Laboratory Medicine Tags: Br J Biomed Sci Source Type: research