Mohammad M Nasrat
Egypt
Review Article
Are Tonsils and Adenoids Secondary Reservoirs for Helicobacter pylori in Children? Why it Matters!!
Author(s): Abdullah M Nasrat, Salwa AM Nasrat, Randa M Nasrat and Mohammad M NasratAbdullah M Nasrat, Salwa AM Nasrat, Randa M Nasrat and Mohammad M Nasrat
The study aimed at demonstration of the possible existence of Helicobacter pylori in tonsils and adenoids and its possible risk sequences. The stomach wall represents the main and commonest habitat for H. pylori since an immemorial time; in a way indicating that mucosa of the stomach is the structure of the body that can recognize that stomach bacterium. Therefore; migration of H. pylori outside the stomach could encode autoimmunity. Tonsils and adenoids are lately discovered as secondary reservoirs for H. pylori in children. Further reports have confirmed the association of adenotonsillar hypertrophy with cytotoxin-associated gene A (cagA) positive H. pylori strains, and emphasized that cagA of H. pylori encodes high immunogenicity. Migration of H. pylori into the circulation could be an open gate for systemic complications; although H. pylori bacteremia is not a recognized behavior of .. View More»
