[Detection of Campylobacter pylori in children with chronic gastritis]. / Obnaruzhenie Campylobacter pylori u detei, stradaiushchikh khronicheskim gastritom.

Examinations of the gastric mucosa biopsy specimens from 38 children suffering from chronic gastritis have revealed Campylobacter bacteria in 21 (55.3%). Studies of the cultural, morphologic, and biochemical characteristics of the isolated strains have identified them as C. pylori.

[Clinico-endoscopic characteristics and laboratory diagnosis of chronic Campylobacter gastritis in childhood]. / Kliniko-éndoskopicheskie osobennosti i laboratornaia diagnostika khronicheskogo kampilobakterioznogo gastrita v detskom vozraste.

Altogether 31 children with chronic gastritis were examined. Three diagnostic tests were employed for detecting Campylobacter pylori. The clinical signs of the disease and the endoscopic features of the gastric mucosa are described.

Cholesterol synthesis in the small intestine of patients with malabsorption syndrome.

Cholesterol synthesis was studied in intestinal biopsies obtained from children with different forms of malabsorption syndrome. It was demonstrated that intestinal cholesterol synthesis is enhanced in celiac disease and several other forms of malabsorption syndrome. Mevinolin inhibited intestinal cholesterol synthesis in all groups of patients. No correlation was found between cholesterol synthesis and age and sex of the patients, clinical manifestation of the disease and plasma cholesterol level.