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THE PREVALANCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN PATIENTS WITH DYSPEPSIA: REPORT FROM PERTAMINA CENTRAL HOSPITAL JAKARTA ‐ INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Simanjuntak Weldemar,
Prasetyo Haris Tri
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.00a11.x
Subject(s) - helicobacter pylori , medicine , gastroenterology , gastritis , helicobacter , prevalence , chronic gastritis , antrum , histopathology , giemsa stain , population , biopsy , epidemiology , stomach , pathology , environmental health
Helicobacter pylori is now recognized as major cause of upper gastrointestinal diseases and has a world wide distribution in the normal population. The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Asia Pacific countries, varies from 20 to 90 %. This study was performed to document the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia in our hospital. Patients and Method From June 1997 to June 1999, 428 dyspeptic patients female 222 and male 206, age 15 to 80 years were included in this study. The presence of Helicobacter pylori was detected by histopathology of biopsy specimens from antrum and gastric body, which colored by hematoksilin Eosin, Giemsa and Toluidin Blue. Result 56 (13,08%) of 428 patients were Helicobacter pylori positive, 31 patients (55,4%) female and 25 patients (44,6%) were male. The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients under 39 years was 33,9% (19 patients) and over 40 years was 66,1% (37 patients). According to Ethnic origin, 14 (25,0%)of 56 patients (25,0%) were Javanese, 18 patients (32,1%) Batak, 6 patients (10,7%) Sundanese and 5 patients (8,9%) were Betawi. Helicobacter pylori was not found amongst the Minangkabau patients. The histopathological finding of 56 patients showed chronic active antral gastritis in different severity, 2 patients with gastric carcinoma and 2 patients with gastric ulcer. Result Our experience showed a low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in our hospital. We observed an increased prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients with increasing age. The prevalence was higher in female patients than in male. According to ethnic origin, Batak had higher prevalence followed by Javanese, Sundanese and Betawi.