pylori colonization of the stomach by increasing the pH of the bacterial microenvironment through the hydrolysis of urea [45]. Urease levels of expression in H. hepaticus are lower than in H. pylori, but relatively high compared with those of many other ureolytic pathogens. Cytolethal distending ...
The patient's initial esophagogastroduodenoscopy aimed to remove foreign objects from the stomach and duodenum, but only a successful extraction of three nails was achieved. The right lower quadrant, excluding perforation of the gastrointestinal tract, successfully expelled all but two nails from ...