Open AccessHelicobacter Pylori: Prevalence in 352 Consecutive Patients with Dyspepsia
Author(s) -
Abdelrahman E. Mohamed,
Mohamed A. Al-Karawi,
Abdelrahman Abdullah Al-Jumah,
Abdul Mutaal Mohamed Ahmed,
Sohail Shariq,
Mohamed I. Yasawy,
Abdul Haleem
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.5144/0256-4947.1994.134
Subject(s) - medicine , rapid urease test , gastroenterology , helicobacter pylori , duodenitis , gastritis , histopathology , histology , antrum , spirillaceae , stomach , pathology
At the Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital (RAFH), 352 patients had gastroscopy and from each, antral gastric biopsies were taken for identification of Helicobacter pylori, by urease test and histopathology. In 217 (61.64%) of these 352 patients, the histology specimens showed Helicobacter pylori in 73.68% of patients with duodenal ulcer, 70% of patients with gastric ulcers and gastric erosions, 61% of patients with duodenitis and 52% of patients with gastritis. The urease test was positive at six hours in 164 (49.59%) of these 352 patients. The urease test was positive in 60% of each group of patients with endoscopic findings of gastric erosions, gastric ulcers and duodenal erosions.