Antibiotic Treatment Is Not Effective in Patients Infected With <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Suffering From Extragastric MALT Lymphoma

Abstract

In our series, HP-eradication was ineffective for treatment of extragastric MALT lymphomas. This finding, along with an infection rate of 45%-as could also be expected in the general Austrian population-suggests that HP does not play a role in the development of these lymphomas. Antibiotic treatment targeting HP should, therefore, be discouraged in patients with extragastric MALT lymphomas.