Risk of Helicobacter pylori transmission by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
BACKGROUND: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy has been reported as a risk factor for the transmission of Helicobacter pylori. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of transmission of H. pylori infection by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients who had previously had such proced...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Infection Control Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 12 - 16 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
1998 Feb
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107261520&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107261520 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01966553 44Q jtl: American Journal of Infection Control issn: 01966553 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 1998 Feb vid: 26 iid: 1 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 107261520 107261520 1998032584 NLM9503107 107261520 ppf: 12 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Risk of Helicobacter pylori transmission by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. aug: au: da Silveira MR Castro R Morais M Brant CQ Filho AC Ferrari AP Jr. sug: subj: Helicobacter Infections Transmission Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Adverse Effects Equipment Contamination Epidemiological Research Prospective Studies Questionnaires Microbial Culture and Sensitivity Tests Pearson's Correlation Coefficient T-Tests P-Value Multivariate Analysis of Variance Descriptive Statistics Brazil Prevalence Dyspepsia Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Inpatients Male Female Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy has been reported as a risk factor for the transmission of Helicobacter pylori. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of transmission of H. pylori infection by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients who had previously had such procedures in a low disinfection level environment. METHODS: The study included 1082 patients. Patients that had undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopy or were treated with antibiotics 15 days before the index endoscopy were excluded. H. pylori infection was diagnosed by ultra-rapid urease test. Variables analyzed were age, gender, type of dyspepsia (organic or functional), and the number of previous upper gastrointestinal endoscopies. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of H. pylori infection was 60%. Patients ranged in age from 13 to 94 years (mean = 45.8, SD = 15.7) and the number of previous upper gastrointestinal endoscopies ranged from 0 to 20 (mean = 1.5, SD = 2.4). In 53.3% of the patients, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed some mucosal lesion (organic dyspepsia). Prevalence of H. pylori infection was higher in patients with organic rather than functional dyspepsia (71.1% vs. 47.1%, p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in the mean number of upper gastrointestinal endoscopies in patients with and without H. pylori infection. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that there was no association between history of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and current H. pylori infection in this study population. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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