Helicobacter pylori infection as a risk factor for both primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in Thessaloniki Eye Study

摘要

Topouzis and associates' observation that increased intraocular pressure (IOP) was the only risk factor associated with both primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (XFG) in the Thessaloniki Eye Study is interesting because recent evidence indicates that the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in glaucoma patients of this area is equally high, thereby representing a common denominator underlying both POAG and XFG in Thessaloniki.