Ekmektzoglou K, Rokkas T. H. Pylori Treatment in the COVID-19 Era. What Have We Learned So Far?
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2024;
26:86-91. [PMID:
38305956 PMCID:
PMC10937748 DOI:
10.1007/s11894-024-00922-y]
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Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
CoronaVirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively influenced the management of multiple conditions in regards to the gastroenterology patient. An equivalent change in the management of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-related diseases was reported, as practically no eradication treatment was offered during most of the pandemic. Given the scarcity of published data, we performed a literature review trying to elucidate the effect of COVID-19 on H. pylori treatment.
RECENT FINDINGS
COVID-19 has produced more questions than answers as to the outcome of COVID-19 in H. Pylori infected patients, post-COVID-19 patients treated for H. pylori, acid suppression and COVID-19 incidence and outcomes, and H. pylori eradication treatment in patients having recovered from COVID-19. We strongly believe that this scientific uncertainty produced by the COVID-19 pandemic has set up the stage for an incremental change in H. pylori treatment as COVID-19 has offered us the chance to speed up how we will, in the near future, approach patients with a possible Η. pylori infection.
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