Introduction: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), is a bacterium responsible for upper gastrointestinal tract diseases. The 16s rRNA is a common H. pylori gene which are usually preferred for diagnosis purpose. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and abundance of 16s rRNA in fecal samples and also evaluate correlation between the level of 16s rRNA and activities of the cytokine...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori, occurring throughout the world and causing gastroduodenal diseases, is one of the most common chronic bacterial agents in humans. The purpose of this study was to measure the general practitioners' (GPs) knowledge and practices pertaining to H. pylori infection. METHODS A cross-sectional type questionnaire survey was conducted in all of 19 primary health care c...

Introduction: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an important bacterial pathogen, predominantly in undeveloped countries and regions. We conducted this study to investigate the presence of H. pylori antigen in the stool specimens of children, in Tekirdag, Turkey. Material and Methods: Stool specimens of 1441 children aging between 0 month to 15 years, with the complaints of abdominal pain, anem...

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy H. pylori Stool Antigen (HpSA) test keeping histopathology as gold standard.
 Study Design: This a cross sectional observational study.
 Place and Duration: was performed from Jan 2015 Mar 2020 at Najran Armed Forces Hospital, kingdom Saudi Arabia.
 Methodology: Total 151 patients in whom HpSA done were...

Background: Smoking is hazardous to almost any organ in the body and has a harmful effect on gastric mucosa. Objective: The main goal of this study was evaluate synergistic smoking H. pylori infection mucosal among dyspeptic Egyptian patients. Patients Methods: A cross-sectional conducted 240 consecutive patients with dyspepsia who underwent upper endoscopy histopathological examination biopsie...

strongyloidiasis, caused by a nematode parasite so-called strongyloides stercoralis is one of the major human intestinal nematode infections. considering that stool examination for strongyloides larvae is not a sensitive method and immunodiagnostic methods are more applicable for this purpose, so the present study was conducted to compare the somatic (s) and excretory - secretory (es) antigens ...