CONTENTS:
GENERAL CONCEPTS 1. The bacterial ecosystem of the human intestine 2. Neuroimmune interactions in alterations of gut functioning by bacterial toxins and other pathogens 3. Gastrointestinal and hepatic infections in the immunocompromised patient INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS IN GASTRIC DISORDERS 4. Antral cell kinetics and bacterial overgrowth in the human hypochlorhydric stomach 5. An overview of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection 6. Current and future eradication therapies for Helicobacter pylori infection and the problem of drg resistance 7. The role of bacteria in human gastric cancer INFECTIONS PATHOGENS IN HEPATIC DISORDERS 8. Human CD81 as a receptor for hepatitis C virus 9. The hepatitis G virus (HGV) 10. Cholesterol cholelithiasis - a disease of colonic bacteria? 11. Primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease: do infectios pathogens have any role? INFECTIONS PATHOGENS IN INTESTINAL DISORDERS 12. Role of microorganisms in inflammatory bowel disease: experimental data, clinical evidence and therapeutical implications 13. The effect of microbial colonization on the intestinal lymphocyte subsets in rats 14. Colitis and colon cancer in the cotton-top tamarin 15. Bacteria and colonic sulfide in the pathogenesis and treatment of ulcerative colitis
