Changing prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in south of Iran.
Background: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori has declined rapidly in Asia. This has been shown in both seroprevalence-based and endoscopy-based studies. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastric infection caused by H. pylori in an Iranian population residing in sout...
| Publicado en: | Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 65 - 70 |
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Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases
Spring2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105101616&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105101616 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17355109 783F jtl: Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases issn: 17355109 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2010 vid: 5 iid: 2 pid: 60058 pub: Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases artinfo: ui: 105101616 105101616 2010784706 105101616 ppf: 65 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Changing prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in south of Iran. aug: au: Farshad S Japoni A Alborzi A Zarenezhad M Ranjbar R affil: Professor, Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; farshads@sums.ac.ir sug: subj: Helicobacter Infections Epidemiology Adolescence Adult Aged Aged, 80 and Over Chi Square Test Data Analysis Software Female Funding Source Geographic Locations Human Iran Male Middle Age Prevalence Stomach Diseases Young Adult Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Background: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori has declined rapidly in Asia. This has been shown in both seroprevalence-based and endoscopy-based studies. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastric infection caused by H. pylori in an Iranian population residing in south of Iran. Patients and methods: A total of 522 patients (266 females and 256 males with the mean age of 44.3±13.0, range 18-83 years) underwent endoscopy in Shiraz, southern Iran. The diagnosis of H. pylori infection was established by rapid urease test, culture and gram staining and the gastric disease was confirmed by an expert pathologist. Results: From ulcerative (n=296) and non-ulcerative (n=226) patients, 156 (52.7%) and 94 (41.6%) H. pylori strains were isolated by culture, respectively. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was significantly higher in patients aged 21-30 and >50 years (66.66% and 62.12%, respectively). However, H. pylori was not detected in 22 patients aged less than 20 years. Conclusion: The present study revealed a significant decline in the prevalence of H. pylori infection in the studied population. It seems that in parallel with better therapeutic approaches and elimination of bacteria, an improvement in the personal hygiene and living conditions of the Iranian population contribute to lower prevalence of H. pylori. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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