HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN DYSPEPSIA PATIENTS, IN DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE,M.DJAMIL HOSPITAL PADANG

Objective Helicobacter pylori infection is probably the most common infection caused by pathogenic bacteria in the world and affected more than a half of the world population. This bacteria caused ‐ many gasroduodenal pathology causing chronic dyspepsia including chronic active gastritis,peptic ulcer and gastric malignancy. Investigation in dyspepsia patients for helicobacter pylori infections. Material & Method Forty‐dyspeptic patients were examined for endoscopy upper gastrointestinal tract, biopsy for histopathology ‐ examination. Result The symptom of dyspepsia patients were epigastric tenderness (100%), Abnormalities endoscopically were found on 39 (97.5%) cases, the gastric abnormalities were chronic antral gastritis 24 (60%), esophagogastritis 7(17.5%), gastric ulcer 3(7.5%). Twenty‐fourt from 40 patients were anti‐helicobacter pylori positive.( 60%) and histopathology examination were positive 18 ( 45% ).The histopathology examination found atrophy 18(45%), MN 18‐(45%),PMN 18(45%),metaplastic 4 (10%). Conclusion The prevalence of helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients were 60% (serology) and 45% (histopathology).