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Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania
(1) Background: Although gastritis has been associated with multiple etiologies, in pediatrics the main etiology is idiopathic. Many studies have reported mild-to-severe gastritis Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as an etiological factor. We evaluated the distribution of the infection with H. pylori...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36766513 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13030408 |
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author | Lupu, Ancuta Miron, Ingrith Crenguta Cernomaz, Andrei Tudor Gavrilovici, Cristina Lupu, Vasile Valeriu Starcea, Iuliana Magdalena Cianga, Anca Lavinia Stana, Bogdan Tarca, Elena Fotea, Silvia |
author_facet | Lupu, Ancuta Miron, Ingrith Crenguta Cernomaz, Andrei Tudor Gavrilovici, Cristina Lupu, Vasile Valeriu Starcea, Iuliana Magdalena Cianga, Anca Lavinia Stana, Bogdan Tarca, Elena Fotea, Silvia |
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description | (1) Background: Although gastritis has been associated with multiple etiologies, in pediatrics the main etiology is idiopathic. Many studies have reported mild-to-severe gastritis Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as an etiological factor. We evaluated the distribution of the infection with H. pylori by age, gender and place of living; (2) Methods: A retrospective study was conducted over a period of 3 years, over a cohort of 1757 patients of both sexes, aged between 1 and 18 years, admitted to a regional gastroenterology center in Iasi, Romania, with clinical signs of gastritis which underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The research was based on the analysis of data from patient observation charts and hospital discharge tickets, as well as endoscopy result registers; (3) Results: Out of the 1757 children, in 30.8% of cases the H. pylori infection was present. Out of them, 26.8% were males and 73.2% females. The average age of children with an H. pylori infection was higher (14.1 + 2.8 DS), compared with children without H. pylori (12.8 + 3.7 SD), an average difference of 1.3 years (95% confidence interval 0.96 to 1.66; p < 0.001). By place of living, children with H. pylori infection were from urban areas at 24.7% and from rural areas at 75.3%; (4) Conclusions: H. pylori infection incidence is still high in children, especially in teenagers, so extensive prevention and treatment programs are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-99140342023-02-11 Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania Lupu, Ancuta Miron, Ingrith Crenguta Cernomaz, Andrei Tudor Gavrilovici, Cristina Lupu, Vasile Valeriu Starcea, Iuliana Magdalena Cianga, Anca Lavinia Stana, Bogdan Tarca, Elena Fotea, Silvia Diagnostics (Basel) Article (1) Background: Although gastritis has been associated with multiple etiologies, in pediatrics the main etiology is idiopathic. Many studies have reported mild-to-severe gastritis Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as an etiological factor. We evaluated the distribution of the infection with H. pylori by age, gender and place of living; (2) Methods: A retrospective study was conducted over a period of 3 years, over a cohort of 1757 patients of both sexes, aged between 1 and 18 years, admitted to a regional gastroenterology center in Iasi, Romania, with clinical signs of gastritis which underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The research was based on the analysis of data from patient observation charts and hospital discharge tickets, as well as endoscopy result registers; (3) Results: Out of the 1757 children, in 30.8% of cases the H. pylori infection was present. Out of them, 26.8% were males and 73.2% females. The average age of children with an H. pylori infection was higher (14.1 + 2.8 DS), compared with children without H. pylori (12.8 + 3.7 SD), an average difference of 1.3 years (95% confidence interval 0.96 to 1.66; p < 0.001). By place of living, children with H. pylori infection were from urban areas at 24.7% and from rural areas at 75.3%; (4) Conclusions: H. pylori infection incidence is still high in children, especially in teenagers, so extensive prevention and treatment programs are needed. MDPI 2023-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9914034/ /pubmed/36766513 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13030408 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lupu, Ancuta Miron, Ingrith Crenguta Cernomaz, Andrei Tudor Gavrilovici, Cristina Lupu, Vasile Valeriu Starcea, Iuliana Magdalena Cianga, Anca Lavinia Stana, Bogdan Tarca, Elena Fotea, Silvia Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania |
title | Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania |
title_full | Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania |
title_fullStr | Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania |
title_short | Epidemiological Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in Northeast Romania |
title_sort | epidemiological characteristics of helicobacter pylori infection in children in northeast romania |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36766513 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13030408 |
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