The objectives of the present study were to determine Helicobacter pylori via culture, polymerase chain reaction and histopathological diagnosis in 101 children ranging in age from 4 to 18 years, to identify the association among restriction fragment length polymorphism types and clinical disease and to investigate the relationships among different isolates of H. pylori in different age groups....

background the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in hemodialysis patients is more than the general population. they are also more prone to complications including upper gastrointestinal bleeding. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 14 days hybrid regimen with 14 days triple therapy for helicobacter pylori ( h . pylori ) eradication in hemodialysis patients. methods forty hemod...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an ancient and persistent inhabitant of the human stomach that is closely linked to the development of gastric cancer (GC). . Emerging evidence suggests that H. pylori strain interactions with gastric epithelial cells subvert the best- characterized p53 tumour suppressor pathway. A high prevalence of p53 mutations is related to H. pylori infection. H. pylori a...

Results: In the present study, a total of 145 gastritis students were recruited. The proportion of male and female gastritis students was 63.4% and 36.6% respectively. The prevalence of H. pylori infection among the study participants was 71.0 % while its prevalence among male and female participants was 68.5 % and 75.5 % respectively. Meanwhile, most of the study participants developed khat ch...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection remains a common problem and previous studies in the Caribbean revealed infection in over 50% of patients undergoing upper endoscopy. OBJECTIVE The present study determined the prevalence of H pylori infection in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the Turks and Caicos Islands over a two- year interval. METHODS All patients with u...

Background: Globally obesity is a commonly health condition. A great number of investigators have been studying the association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and obesity. It’s also known that H. causes inflammation within mucosa stomach which as gastritis. However, due to arguable data in literature, relationship Pylori remains debatable there no comprehensive proof for asso...

OBJECTIVES A number of studies have evaluated Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in the Caribbean. However to date there is no available epidemiological data on its occurrence in the Bahamas. Therefore, we determined the seroprevalence of H. pylori in a healthy adult population in Nassau, Bahamas. METHODS A prevalence study was conducted using volunteer blood donors to the blood bank a...

Objectives. We examined Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric-related morbidities at Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth, to determine the prevalence and risk factors for infection according to race, endoscopic diagnosis, age and sex. Methods. Gastric biopsies were collected from 254 consecutive patients and H. pylori isolated on Columbia agar base supplemented with 7% sheep's...

Context Both Helicobacter pylori and type 2 diabetes mellitus are possible risk factors for colon adenoma. Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the interaction between H. pylori and hyperglycemia status on the risk of colon adenoma. Design, Setting, and Participants This was a cross-sectional, retrospective study conducted at the MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. The study incl...