H. PYLORI

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does H. pylori mean? 

• H. PYLORI (noun)
  The noun H. PYLORI has 1 sense:

1. the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers)

  Familiarity information: H. PYLORI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• H. PYLORI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

H. pylori; Heliobacter pylori

Hypernyms ("H. pylori" is a kind of...):

bacteria species (a species of bacteria)

 Context examples 

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that causes infection in the stomach.

(Helicobacter Pylori Infections, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

To see if you have an H. pylori infection, your doctor will test your blood, breath, or stool.

(Peptic Ulcer, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

One out of six patients with H. pylori infection develops ulcers of the duodenum or the stomach.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Thesaurus)

Gastric involvement is associated with the presence of H. pylori infection.

(Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

Two major virulence factors of H. pylori are the vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) and the cag type-IV secretion system (T4SS) and its translocated effector protein, cytotoxin-associated antigen A (CagA).

(Epithelial Cell Signaling Pathway in Helicobacter pylori Infection, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

It may be caused by infection with the bacterium H. pylori or by certain autoimmune conditions.

(Gastric atrophy, NCI Dictionary)

People with H. pylori infections may be more likely to develop cancer in the stomach, including MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma.

(H. pylori, NCI Dictionary)

An orally available, acid-stable diamine antibiotic, with potential antimicrobial activity against a variety of bacteria including Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. Tuberculosis).

(Antibiotic SQ109, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called H. pylori.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Dictionary)

If you have symptoms of a peptic ulcer, your doctor will test your blood, breath or stool to see if it contains H. pylori.

(Helicobacter Pylori Infections, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)