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VetBooks.ir antibiotic therapy is the treatment of choice, Technician Tips Recordati C, et al: Spatial distribution of Helicobacter Diseases and Disorders
• It should be noted that although combination
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During endoscopy, prepare a squash preparation
a combination of amoxicillin, metronidazole,
and bismuth subsalicylate resulted in Heli-
cobacter eradication in only 75% of treated from 2-3 gastric mucosal biopsies and then spp. in the gastrointestinal tract of dogs. Helicobacter
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dogs at 4 weeks and 43% at 6 months. It is of Helicobacter-like organisms. Rossi M, et al: Occurrence and species level diagnos-
unknown whether therapeutic failure (lack tics of Campylobacter spp., enteric Helicobacter spp.
of eradication) is related to an inability to Client Education and Anaerobiospirillum spp. in healthy and diarrheic
clear the organism or reinfection. There are Avoid being licked on the face, sharing utensils, dogs and cats. Vet Microbiol 129:304, 2008.
no studies reported on the efficacy of the or other forms of oral-oral (or fecal-oral) contact Sapierzyniski R, et al: The diagnosis of gastritis and
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PROGNOSIS & OUTCOME SUGGESTED READING Wiinberg B, et al: Quantitative analysis of inflamma-
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or reinfection.
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED SHEET
PEARLS & CONSIDERATIONS READINGS Consent to Perform Endoscopy, Upper GI
Blaser MJ: The bacteria behind ulcers. Sci Am (Gastroduodenoscopy)
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Identification of Helicobacter-like organisms on Leib MS, et al: Diagnosing gastric Helicobacter AUTHOR: Kenneth R. Harkin, DVM, DACVIM
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otherwise healthy dogs and cats carry this organ- Leib MS, et al: Triple antimicrobial therapy and
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