The patient is a 62 year old female with nausea andabdominal pain. Routine screening endoscopy shows a diffusegastritis and biopsy reveals small bacteria in the superficialgastric mucus.
What type of organisms do you suspect?
The biopsy also shows lymphoepithelial lesions with lymphocytesinvading and destroying gastric glands. The gastric mucosa isdiffusely infiltrated by small mature lymphocytes. What is yourdiagnosis?
How should this patient be treated?
