Diagnóstico de infección por Helicobacter pylori en pacientes dispépticos de la Ciudad de San Luis, Argentina, utilizando métodos invasivos / Helicobacter pylori infection diagnosis in dyspeptic patients from the City of San Luis, Argentina, using invasive methods

ABSTRACT

In this study we present a relationship between different gastroduodenal pathologies and Helicobacter pylori infection. We used four diagnosis invasive methods for H. pylori infection urease test (UT), histopathology (H), Gram stain (G) and culture (C). The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy of 300 dyspeptic patients showed that 71.6 had erosive congestive gastropathies, 13.6 had duodenopathies, 5.6 had gastric ulcer, 6.3 had duodenal ulcer and 2.6 had probable gastric neoplasia. We also correlated the data of water intake source with the pathologies. The percentage of infected patients with H. pylori was determined using a) two simultaneous reference tests (UT and H), 54.3, b) each test UT = 55.0, H = 59.0, G = 51.3, and C = 43.0. Sex, age and the source of water ingested did not show statistically significant differences.