| Sumario: | Helicobacter pylori(HP) infection is always with active chronic gastritis, but there is no agreement on the role of HP in esophagitis. Recent articles have noted the protective role of HP in the incidence of esophagitis in patients with gastritis. The goal of the present research was to assess the relationship between HP and esophagitis incidence in patients with gastritis. This cross-sectional study was undertaken on 92 patients with gastritis who had referred for endoscopy to Firoozgar Hospital between 2002 & 2003. Urease test and endoscopy were used for diagnosis. Of 92 patients, 56(60.9%) and 36(39.1%) cases were with and without esophagitis respectively. Esophagitis frequency had significant difference in different kinds of gastritis with (Pvalue=0.003). There was not any significant difference between esophagitis frequency in patients with and without HP infection. In patients with esophagitis the HP frequency in non-infected patients was more than HP infected patients and in patients without esophagitis the HP frequency of infected patients was more than non-infected patients with HP. Based on the obtained results, esophagitis was more in cases with gastritis B. There was not any significant difference for HP infection between patients with and without gastritis and, therefore, it is concluded that there is not any relationship between HP infection and esophagitis in patients with gastritis. This abstract was translated into English by the publisher or author.
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