Mircobology Question?

This 60 year old woman w/a past medical history of a gastric ulcer had a recently noted symptoms of dyspepsia. She characterized her discomfort as a pressure in the upper abdominal area that radiated to her chest and neck. She underwent an upper gastrointertinal series which showed radiologic findings compatible with a tickened fold w/in the stomach. and outpatient esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed. A biopsy of the antral portion of the stomachwas consistent w/moderate gastritis. No tumor was seen. In addition, the biopsy demonstrated 3+ to 4+ of a bacterial organism.
1. What bacterium has been associated w/chronic gastritis?
2.What clinical syndromes, other than chronic gastritis, have been linked to this organism
3 other than histopathologic exam of a biopsy specimen how can infection w/this organsim be diagnosed
4 what is the epidemiology of infection w/this organsim
5 what special properties of this organism allow it to live in rather inhospitable envir in stomach

1. H. pylori
2. gastric and duodenal cancer
3. ammonia in the breath
4. lives in the stomach for years
5. H. pylori has urease, it can turn urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, raising the pH

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