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Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium found in the stomachs of roughly half of the human population. it is considered to be a pathogen because __________.

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it can cause chronic inflammation

Helicobacter pylori is a gram negative organism that is spiral in shape usually the pathogen in gastric or duodenal ulcer. It is present is most population. The usual sign and symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea, loss of appetite, belching, bloatedness.Complications can arise if there are no proper treatment such as bleeding, perforation and obstruction,
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