Trends in Hospitalizations for Peptic Ulcer Disease, United States, 1998–2005

Trends in Hospitalizations for Peptic Ulcer Disease, United States, 1998–2005

Infection with Helicobacter pylori increases the risk for peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and its complications. To determine whether hospitalization rates for PUD have declined since antimicrobial drugs to eradicate H. pylori became available, we examined 1998–2005 hospitalization records (using the Nat...

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Main Authors: Lydia B. Feinstein, Robert C. Holman, Krista L. Yorita Christensen, Claudia A. Steiner, David L. Swerdlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
peptic ulcer
duodenal ulcer
gastric ulcer
gastrojejunal ulcer
Helicobacter pylori
hospitalizations
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/09-1126_article

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