A search for Helicobacter pyloriin localized vulvodynia

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 152-156

  Geva, Adam ^a   Sabo, Edmond ^e   Levy, Josef ^a   Blumenthal, Monique ^d   Ophir, Ella ^c,d   Geva, Hana ^b   Bornstein, Jacob ^c,d  

^a Hatechnion University   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Localized vulvodynia; Mast cells; Omeprasole; Peptic disease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BIOPSY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; VULVAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349084566     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000135712     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Harlow BL, Stewart EG: A population-based assessment of chronic unexplained vulvar pain: have we underestimated the prevalence of vulvodynia? J Am Med Womens Assoc 2003;58:82-88.
2. Bornstein J, Zarfati D, Goldik Z, Abramovici H: Vulvar vestibulitis: physical or psychosexual problem? Obstet Gynecol 1999;93:876-880.
3. Pyka RE, Wilkinson EJ, Friedrich EG: The histopathology of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Int J Gynecol Pathol 1988;7:249-257.
4. Chadha S, Gianotten WL, Drogendijk AC, Weijmar-Schultz WC, Blindeman LA, van der Meijden WI: Histopathologic features of vulvar vestibulitis. Int J Gynecol Pathol 1998;17:7-11.
5. Furlonge CB, Thin RN, Evans BE, McKee PH: Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome: a clinicopathologial study. Br J Obstet Gynecol 1991;98:703-706.
6. Prayson RA, Stolar MH, Hart WR: Vulvar vestibulitis - a histopathologic study of 36 cases, including human papillomavirus in situ hybridization analysis. Am J Surg Pathol 1995;19:154-160.
7. Bornstein J, Goldshmid N, Sabo E: Hyperinnervation and mast cell activation may be used as histopathologic diagnostic criteria for vulvar vestibulitis. Obstet Gynecol Invest 2004;58:171-178.
8. Chaim W, Meriwether C, Gonik B, Qureshi F, Sobel JD: Vulvar vestibulitis subjects undergoing surgical intervention: a descriptive analysis and histopathological correlates. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1996;68:165-168.
9. Westrom LV, Willen R: Vestibular nerve proliferation in vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Obstet Gynecol 1998;91:572-576.
10. Bohm-Starke N, Hilliges M, Falconer C, Rylander E: Increased intraepithelial innervation in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Gynecol Obstet Invest 1998;46:256-260.
11. Edwards L: New concepts in vulvodynia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;189:S24-S30.
12. Suerbaum S, Mitchetti P: Helicobacter pylori infection. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1175.
13. Pakodi F, Abdel Salam OM, Debreceni A, Mozsik G: Helicobacter pylori: one bacterium and a broad spectrum of human disease - an overview. J Physiol Paris 2000;94:139-152.
14. Apan TZ, Gursel R, Dolgun A: Increased seropositivity of Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene-A in Behcet's disease. Clin Rheumatol 2007;26:885-889.
15. Ciociola AA, McSorley DJ, Turner K, et al: Helicobacter pylori infection rates in duodenal ulcer patients may be lower than previously estimated. Am J Gastroenterol 1999;94:1834-40.
16. Koivurova OP, Karhukorpi JMJ, et al: IL-1 RN 2/2 genotype and simultaneous carriage of genotypes IL-1 RN 2/2 and IL-1B-511 T/T associated with oesophagitis in Helicopacter pylori-negative patients. Scand J Gastroenterol 1003;38;1217-1222.
17. Friedrich EG: Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. J Reprod Med 1987;32:110-114.
18. Gray SF, Wyatt JI, Ralhbone BJ: Simplified techniques for identifying Campylobacter pyloridis . J Clin Pathol 1986;39:1279.
19. Marzio L, Angelucci D, Grossi L, Diodoro MG, Di Campli E, Cellini L: Anti-Helicobacter pylori specific antibody immunohistochemistry improves the diagnostic accuracy of Helicobacter pylori in biopsy specimen from patients treated with triple therapy. Am J Gastroenterol 1998;93:223-226.
20. Graham DY, Malaty HM, Evans DG, Evans DJ Jr, Klein PD, Adam E: Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in an asymptomatic population in the United States. Gastroenterology 1991;100:1495-1501.
21. Yamaoka Y, Kita M, Kodama T, Sawai N, Kashima K, Imanishi Jl: Induction of various cytokines and development of severe mucosal inflammation by cagA gene positive Helicobacter pylori strains. Gut 1997;41:442-451.
22. Foster DC, Piekarz KH, Murant TI, LaPoint R, Haidaris CG, Phipps RP: Enhanced synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines by vulvar vestibular fibroblasts: implications for vulvar vestibulitis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196:346:e1-e8.
23. Figueiredo C, Machado JC, Pharoah P, et al: Helicobacter pylori and interleukin 1 genotyping: an opportunity to identify high-risk individuals for gastric carcinoma. J Natl Cancer Inst 2002;94:1680-1687.
24. Gerber S, Bongiovanni AM, Ledger WJ, Witkin SS: Defective regulation of the proinflammatory immune response in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002;186:696-700.
25. Marinoff SC, Turner ML: Hypersensitivity to vaginal candidiasis or treatment vehicles in the pathogenesis of minor vestibular gland syndrome. J Reprod Med 1986;31:796-799.
26. Bornstein J, Shapiro S, Rahat M, Goldshmid N, Abramovici H, Lahat N: Polymerase chain reaction search for viral etiology of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996;175:139-144.
27. Vilaichone RK, Mahachai V, Graham DY: Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and management. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2006;35:229-247.