摘要:HELICOBACTER PYLORI (HP) IS A GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM FOUND IN THE STOMACH AND DETERMINED CHRONIC GASTRITIS, PEPTIC ULCERS AND GASTRIC CANCER.IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETUS MELLITUS THE FREQUENCY OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION WAS HIGHER COMPARATIV WITH NONDIABETICS.HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION MAY INCREASE THE LEVEL OF GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN IN DIABETIC PATIENTS.THE LEVELS OF GLICEMIA WAS CONTROLLED BY INSULIN OR ORAL HYPOGLICEMIC AGENTS WHILE THE DRUGS USED FOR ERADICATION OF HP INFECTION ARE PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS, BISMUTH COMPOUNDS, METRONIDAZOLE, CLARITHROMYCIN, AMOXICILIN AND TETRACYCLINE.