the role of adenotonsillar tissues as a reservoir for helicobacter pylori and helicobacter hepaticus

aim : the aim of current study is to investigate whether tonsillar and/or adenoid tissue of patients with chronic adenotonsillitis plays a reservoir role for helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) or helicobacter hepaticus ( h. hepaticus ). background : recently, there have been arguments ragarding helicobacter pylori ( h. pylori ) being reserved in adenotonsillar tissue. patients and methods : this study was performed with 90 patients with the diagnosis of chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy, mean age 36 ± 22, 32 (36%) female and 58(64%) male. presence of h. pylori and h.hepaticus were detected by glmm gene and 16s rrna specific primers respectively. results : of all patients 58 (65%) were found seropositive for h. pylori igg while only 7(8%) patients had gentile gastrointestinal (gi) symptom, all gastritis. h. pylori and h.hepaticus was not detected in any of the patients by pcr. conclusion : there was no correlation between gi symptom and/or seropositivity of h. pylori with presence of h. pylori and h. hepaticus in adenotonsillar tissues. our results did not support the role of adenotonsills as a reservoir for h. pylori or h. hepaticus .