Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with fecal biomarkers of environmental enteric dysfunction but not with the nutritional status of children living in Bangladesh.
Shah Mohammad FahimSubhasish DasMd Amran GaziMohammed Ashraful AlamMd Mehedi HasanMd Shabab HossainMustafa MahfuzM Masudur RahmanRashidul HaqueShafiqul Alam SarkerRamendra Nath MazumderTahmeed AhmedPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
The study findings affirmed that the acquisition and persistence of H. pylori infection in the early years of life may exert an adverse impact on intestinal health, induce gut inflammation and result in increased intestinal permeability.