Influence of previous antibiotic use on helicobacter pylori seropositivity in children

At Bach Mai hospital,on 824 pediatric sutbjects aged 6 months – 15 years, the infuence of previously used antibiotics on serological results of the epidemiological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylory infection was evaluated. Among 731 studied children using antibiotics, there was HP (+) in 34,6%. There was no significant relation between the use/no use of antibiotics and HP infected. serological results.There was no same relation between the moment, the frequency,the duration and the antibiotherapy use with the results of serological diagnosis of HP infection

Helicobacter pylori infection in institutionalized children in Vietnam the importance of the first 3 years of residence

The study was aimed to assess the H. pylori infection rate and to investigate contributing factors among 105 orphans and 85 handicapped institutionalized children. H. pylori seropositivity was 71.4% (75/105) in the handicapped as compared to 41.3% (77/186) in the control. Orphan children were at the highest risk factor of affecting H. pylori in the first three years, but healthy orphan children were more likely to be infected in the first year of residence while handicapped children were more likely to be infected in the second and the third year of their residence. There was no link between lifestyle, health status and HP infection in both two groups of children