Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a bacteria transmitted from human to human through upper digestive tract as well as fecal-oral transmission, had infected more than half of people around the world. However, the quantity of H. pylori in oral cavity and its influence on oral microbiota remains to be unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of H. pylori infection as well as its eradication on oral microbiota.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Proton pump inhibitor
Antibiotics for H. pylori eradication
Gastric mucosal protective drug with anti-H. pylori effect
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGChange of saliva microbiota after eradication
Two months after completion of therapy, saliva microbiota was assessed by 16S rDNA Pyrosequencing.
Time frame: Two months after completion of therapy.
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