Introduction. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance recommends that dyspeptic patients are tested for Helicobacter pylori using a urea breath test, stool antigen test, or serology. Antibiotic resistance in H. pylori is globally increasing, but treatment in England is rarely guided by susceptibility testing or surveillance. Aims. To determine compliance of mic...

OBJECTIVE To compare the usefulness of 4 commonly used tests in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori H. pylori infection in Saudi patients with dyspepsia. METHODS Patients presenting with dyspepsia at the gastroenterology clinic of Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between October 2005 to May 2006, who consented to participate in the study were enrolled. Patients who recei...

The number of children infected by Helicobacter pylori is increasing worldwide. The aim of this study is to identify demographic and maternal risk factors affecting H. pylori positivity in asymptomatic children. One hundred sixty-five asymptomatic children, 75 (45%) females, and 90 (55%) males, between 2 and 12 years of age (mean 6.8 -/+ 3.0 years) were tested for the presence of H. pylori stoo...

Background: The epidemiological association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) has been evaluated by different groups with conflicting conclusions. Aims: aim of this study was to determine the prevalence H. infection among children an orphanage in Sana'a, identify socio-demographic factors associated their prevalence, both individually simultaneously. Methods: T...

BACKGROUND Initial resistance to antibiotics is the main reason for the failure of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication in children. OBJECTIVES As we commonly face high antibiotic resistance rates in children, we aimed to determine the susceptibility of H. pylori to common antibiotics. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional in vitro study, 169 children younger than 14 years wit...

OBJECTIVE Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding is one of the most life-threatening complications, in up to 25% of persons with hemophilia (PWH). Recurrent bleeding is common and can be caused by the Helicobacter pylori infection. Our aim was to evaluate the role of H. pylori infection in UGI bleeding in PWH. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninety patients with hereditary bleeding disorders, 30 patients...

background: helicobacter pylori (h.pylori) infection causes multiple upper gastrointestinal diseases but optimal therapeutic regimen which can eradicate infection in all the cases has not yet been defined. this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of triple levofloxacin-based versus clarithromycin-based therapy. methods: in this open-label randomized clinical trial study 120 patients who...

The aim of this study was to examine the frequency and the relationship of H. pylori infection and giardiasis in children with recurrent abdominal pain. The study group included 98 patients and 88 healthy controls. Patients' sera were examined for anti-H. pylori specific IgG antibodies using H. pylori IgG ELISA. Analysis of stool samples was carried out by the H. pylori stool antigen (HpSA) enz...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the viability of the commercial test currently used for detection of H. pylori antigens in the stool for detection of H. pylori antigens in dental plaque. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 164 dyspeptic patients entered the study; 95 H. pylori infected (positive result of at least 4 of 5 diagnostic tests: Campylobacter-like organisms test (CLO tes...

BACKGROUND Efficacy of Helicobacter pylori stool antigen enzyme immunoassay (HpSA) and stool PCR was evaluated, before and after treatment, in a country with a high prevalence of H. pylori infection. METHODOLOGY A total of 52 patients with dyspeptic symptoms were included in the study. Antral biopsy was collected during pre- and post-therapy periods for rapid urease test (RUT) and PCR. Simila...