Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda

BACKGROUND: The study was undertaken to document the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and endoscopic diagnoses in Rwandans presenting for gastroscopy. METHODS: We studied an endoscopic database containing 961 consecutive gastroscopy patients at the University Teaching Hospital, Butare, over 12 mont...

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Autores principales: Walker, Timothy D., Karemera, Martin, Ngabonziza, Francois, Kyamanywa, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3989937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24598794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru029
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Karemera, Martin
Ngabonziza, Francois
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description BACKGROUND: The study was undertaken to document the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and endoscopic diagnoses in Rwandans presenting for gastroscopy. METHODS: We studied an endoscopic database containing 961 consecutive gastroscopy patients at the University Teaching Hospital, Butare, over 12 months. Patient characteristics, endoscopic diagnoses and H. pylori status (by modified rapid urease testing) were analysed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The overall H. pylori positivity rate was 75% (n=825), similar to that found elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. Common endoscopic diagnoses included duodenal ulceration (20%), duodenitis (9%), benign gastric outlet obstruction (6%) and malignancy (5%). Duodenal ulceration was strongly associated with H. pylori infection (OR 6.2 [3.1–12.6]; p<0.001).
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spelling pubmed-39899372014-05-14 Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda Walker, Timothy D. Karemera, Martin Ngabonziza, Francois Kyamanywa, Patrick Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Short Communication BACKGROUND: The study was undertaken to document the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and endoscopic diagnoses in Rwandans presenting for gastroscopy. METHODS: We studied an endoscopic database containing 961 consecutive gastroscopy patients at the University Teaching Hospital, Butare, over 12 months. Patient characteristics, endoscopic diagnoses and H. pylori status (by modified rapid urease testing) were analysed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The overall H. pylori positivity rate was 75% (n=825), similar to that found elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. Common endoscopic diagnoses included duodenal ulceration (20%), duodenitis (9%), benign gastric outlet obstruction (6%) and malignancy (5%). Duodenal ulceration was strongly associated with H. pylori infection (OR 6.2 [3.1–12.6]; p<0.001). Oxford University Press 2014-05 2014-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3989937/ /pubmed/24598794 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru029 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda
title Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda
title_full Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda
title_fullStr Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda
title_short Helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in Rwanda
title_sort helicobacter pylori status and associated gastroscopic diagnoses in a tertiary hospital endoscopy population in rwanda
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3989937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24598794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru029
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