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Benefits for eradication of helicobacter pylori

??Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is featured by a high infection rate worldwide and has been a leading cause of chronic gastritis??peptic ulcer??gastric mucosa??associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and gastric cancer.Eradication of H.pylori infection may lead to diminished inflammatory responses of gastritis??halted progression of gastric mucosal atrophy and intestinal metaplasia??improved healing of peptic ulcer??reduced incidence of relapse??complications of ulcer and lower risk for developing gastric cancer.Eradication of H.pylori may also prove effective for the treatment of low??grade MALT lymphoma.