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Does hospital work constitute a risk factor for Helicobacter pylori infection?

The aim of this study was to assess whether clinical work constitutes a risk factor for Helicobacter pylori infection among employees in hospitals. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was analysed in 249 individuals employed in a university teaching hospital according to three categories of hospit...

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Autores principales: Mastromarino, P., Conti, C., Donato, K., Strappini, P.M., Cattaruzza, M.S., Orsi, G.B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15949618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.12.019
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author Mastromarino, P.
Conti, C.
Donato, K.
Strappini, P.M.
Cattaruzza, M.S.
Orsi, G.B.
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description The aim of this study was to assess whether clinical work constitutes a risk factor for Helicobacter pylori infection among employees in hospitals. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was analysed in 249 individuals employed in a university teaching hospital according to three categories of hospital workers: (A) personnel from gastrointestinal endoscopy units (N=92); (B) personnel from other hospital units with direct patient contact (N=105); and (C) staff from laboratories and other units with no direct patient contact (N=52). Stool samples from each subject were examined with a validated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of H. pylori antigens. A questionnaire inquiring about sociodemographic and occupational characteristics was completed by each participant. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was 37.0% in group A, 35.2% in group B and 19.2% in group C (P<0.05). Among the different healthcare categories, nurses had a significant higher prevalence of H. pylori infection (P<0.01). No significant association was found between the length of employment or exposure to oral and faecal secretions, and H. pylori infection. Hospital work involving direct patient contact seems to constitute a major risk factor for H. pylori infection compared with hospital work not involving direct patient contact.
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spelling pubmed-71148252020-04-02 Does hospital work constitute a risk factor for Helicobacter pylori infection? Mastromarino, P. Conti, C. Donato, K. Strappini, P.M. Cattaruzza, M.S. Orsi, G.B. J Hosp Infect Article The aim of this study was to assess whether clinical work constitutes a risk factor for Helicobacter pylori infection among employees in hospitals. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was analysed in 249 individuals employed in a university teaching hospital according to three categories of hospital workers: (A) personnel from gastrointestinal endoscopy units (N=92); (B) personnel from other hospital units with direct patient contact (N=105); and (C) staff from laboratories and other units with no direct patient contact (N=52). Stool samples from each subject were examined with a validated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of H. pylori antigens. A questionnaire inquiring about sociodemographic and occupational characteristics was completed by each participant. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was 37.0% in group A, 35.2% in group B and 19.2% in group C (P<0.05). Among the different healthcare categories, nurses had a significant higher prevalence of H. pylori infection (P<0.01). No significant association was found between the length of employment or exposure to oral and faecal secretions, and H. pylori infection. Hospital work involving direct patient contact seems to constitute a major risk factor for H. pylori infection compared with hospital work not involving direct patient contact. The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2005-07 2005-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7114825/ /pubmed/15949618 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.12.019 Text en Copyright © 2005 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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