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Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with dyspepsia has important clinical and epidemiological implications. However, the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients within Poland is unknown; the last data were collected a decade ago and the majority o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497130/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28702103 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pg.2017.68042 |
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author | Tacikowski, Tadeusz Bawa, Sa’eed Gajewska, Danuta Myszkowska-Ryciak, Joanna Bujko, Jacek Rydzewska, Grażyna |
author_facet | Tacikowski, Tadeusz Bawa, Sa’eed Gajewska, Danuta Myszkowska-Ryciak, Joanna Bujko, Jacek Rydzewska, Grażyna |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with dyspepsia has important clinical and epidemiological implications. However, the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients within Poland is unknown; the last data were collected a decade ago and the majority of previous studies showed the prevalence to be between 60% and 100%. AIM: To establish the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients with dyspepsia in Warsaw, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study group comprised 148 patients (126 women and 22 men) with dyspepsia, treated in two outpatient clinics in Warsaw. The mean age in the group that tested positive for Hp was 45.8 years (SD = 14.86; median = 51; min = 19; max = 64). They were tested for Hp infection with a urea breath test that uses 13C-enriched urea and isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RESULTS: Helicobacter pylori infection was found in 53 patients (44 women and 9 men), i.e. in 35.8% of the whole study group. We did not find any significant relationship between Hp infection and the patients’ age, gender, or their body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: The current prevalence of Hp infection among patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw is 35.8%. However, our data suggest almost a two-fold fall in the prevalence of Hp infection compared to the previous Polish studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-54971302017-07-12 Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland Tacikowski, Tadeusz Bawa, Sa’eed Gajewska, Danuta Myszkowska-Ryciak, Joanna Bujko, Jacek Rydzewska, Grażyna Prz Gastroenterol Original Paper INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with dyspepsia has important clinical and epidemiological implications. However, the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients within Poland is unknown; the last data were collected a decade ago and the majority of previous studies showed the prevalence to be between 60% and 100%. AIM: To establish the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients with dyspepsia in Warsaw, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study group comprised 148 patients (126 women and 22 men) with dyspepsia, treated in two outpatient clinics in Warsaw. The mean age in the group that tested positive for Hp was 45.8 years (SD = 14.86; median = 51; min = 19; max = 64). They were tested for Hp infection with a urea breath test that uses 13C-enriched urea and isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RESULTS: Helicobacter pylori infection was found in 53 patients (44 women and 9 men), i.e. in 35.8% of the whole study group. We did not find any significant relationship between Hp infection and the patients’ age, gender, or their body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: The current prevalence of Hp infection among patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw is 35.8%. However, our data suggest almost a two-fold fall in the prevalence of Hp infection compared to the previous Polish studies. Termedia Publishing House 2017-05-30 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5497130/ /pubmed/28702103 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pg.2017.68042 Text en Copyright © 2017 Termedia Sp. z o. o http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Tacikowski, Tadeusz Bawa, Sa’eed Gajewska, Danuta Myszkowska-Ryciak, Joanna Bujko, Jacek Rydzewska, Grażyna Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland |
title | Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland |
title_full | Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland |
title_fullStr | Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland |
title_full_unstemmed | Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland |
title_short | Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland |
title_sort | current prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in warsaw, poland |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497130/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28702103 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pg.2017.68042 |
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