Why guidelines are required for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in children.

Helicobacter pylori is firmly established as a human pathogen; it fulfils all of Koch's postulates as the infectious agent causing chronic, active (type B) gastritis. Infection is strongly associated with duodenal and gastric ulcer. Recently, gastric mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma has been successfully treated by curing H. pylori infection. Because of the evidence that the organism causes chronic gastritis and an increased risk of …