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BONET COLLAZO, Oscar; GODO GONZALEZ, Mabel; MONTES DE OCA RIVERO, Martha  y  QUINONES HERNANDEZ, María E.. Infección por helicobacter pylori en los trastornos del tractus gastrointestinal alto en la infancia. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2000, vol.72, n.2, pp.106-111. ISSN 0034-7531.

From July to December 1998, 41 children with digestive disorders, who had been seen at the Service of Gastroenterology were studied. Their digestive disorders were characterized by abdominal pain, nausea, pyroxis, vomit, hematoemesis and melena. All patients were evaluated by gastroduodenoscopy and 2 samples of the gastric antrum mucous were selected for a histologic study and diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori through Gram ´s stain and urease test. Data were mechanically compared and for determining association among variables, a non-parametric Chi square test was used, with an accuracy of 95% where P0.05. Twenty five patients were diagnosed with H. Pylory accounting for 61% whereas the most affected was the 10-15 y age group. Recurrent abdominal pain was found in all H. Pylori-positive patients and 96% had antral gastritis. The most frequent form was chronic inactive surface gastritis. There was 88% coincidence between the urease test and Grams stain

Palabras clave : HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS [diagnosis]; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES [etiology]; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.

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