Demirtas, Levent Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Sayar, İlyas Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Akbas, Emin Murat Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Endokrinoloji Bilim Dalı, Türkiye , Özçiçek, Adalet Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Özçiçek, Fatih Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Timuroglu, Aysu Erzincan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Timuroglu, Aysu Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Düğeroğlu, Harun Ordu Devlet Hastanesi - Hastalıkları Kliniği, Türkiye , Türkmen, Kültigin Erzincan Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Nefroloji Bilim Dalı, Türkiye

Distribution of the incidence and location of the Helicobacter pylori according to age and gender in patients who undergone endoscopy

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Objective: The aim of this study was to define the distribution of the incidence and location of Helicobacter pylori in terms of the age and gender in the gastritis patients undergone endoscopy. Methods: Endoscopy and pathology reports of 1,405 patients who undergone biopsy of upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy were retrospectively examined. The frequency and location of Helicobacter pylori infection were evaluated according to the locations, gender and age groups. Based on the Sydney classification, the patients were scored as none (-), low (+), medium (++) and high (+++). Results: A total of 1405 patients (58.6% females, 41.4% males) who had both antrum and corpus biopsies were included. Mean age was 48.58±16.96 (15-94) years. The Helicobacter pylori positivity was significantly higher in males than in the female patients (p=0.012). Helicobacter pylori positivity both in corpus and antrum was 1,101 (78.4%), Helicobacter pylori was negative in 304 (21.6%) patients. Although, females had higher positivity rate, no significant difference was found between the age and gender groups. In 1,064 patients (75.7%) Helicobacter pylori was positive while it was found as negative in 341 (24.3%) biopsies taken from the antrum. While in 572 (40.7%) of the biopsy outcomes taken from the corpus Helicobacter pylori was found as positive, it was found as negative in 833 (59.3%). No statistically significant differences were found between the age groups in terms of the positivity of Helicobacter pylori both in antrum and in corpus. Conclusion: In our study, the frequency of the Helicobacter pylori positivity was 78.4%. This can be accepted as a serious public health problem in terms of the associated diseases.

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Helicobacter pylori , incidence , location

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