Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic children and adults: endoscopic, bacteriologic and histologic correlations
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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89(4): 581-586, Oct.-Dec. 1994.
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ABSTRACT
Using different bacteriological (urease test, Gram staining and culture) and histological (Steiner staining and modified Giemsa staining) techniques, we searched for the presence of Helicobacter pylori in the gastric antrum of 200 dyspeptic Brazilian patients (106 females and 94 males aged 19 days to 81 years). The presence of bacteria was then correlated with the endoscopic and histological findings. H. pylori was present in 59.5 of the population studied. In Brazil, colonization occurs early, involving 37 of the dyspeptic population by 20 years of age. The presence of H. pylori in the gastric antrum was strongly associated with duodenal ulcer (P < 0.001) and a normal endoscopic examination did not exclude the possibility of colonization of the gastric antrum by H. pylori. The most sensitive test was the preformed urease test (89). We conclude that more than one diagnostic method should preferably be used for the detection of H. pylori and that the presence of H. pylori is closely correlated with active chronic gastritis (P < 0.001).
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Asunto principal:
Úlcera Gástrica
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Helicobacter pylori
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Úlcera Duodenal
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Dispepsia
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Aged80
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Niño
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Child, preschool
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Lactante
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Masculino
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Recién Nacido
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Hopsital São Vicente de Paulo/BR
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Hospital São Vicente de Paulo/BR
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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