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GARCIA CAPOTE, Eugenio; CRESPO RAMIREZ, Eduardo  e  GUANCHE GARCELL, Humberto. Helicobacter pylori infection in patients who attended the gastroenterology office. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp. 453-462. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: helicobacter pylori infection constitutes the chronic infection most widely spread amongst the human race. Objective: to determine the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients who attended the Gastroenterology office. Method: a descriptive observational study was performed with a universe of 240 patients with Helicobacter pylori determined by Ziehl Neelsen basic fuchsine staining, while the sample was confirmed by 204 patients tested positive to that test. The considered variables were age, sex, histological diagnosis, clinical symptoms, and clinical history following the specific treatment of Helicobacter pylori.  Frequencies distribution was used as a statistical analysis technique. Results: Helicobacter pylori infection, in the 85 % of the studies cases, with a predominance of the male sex, being chronic gastritis with 63,7% the gastric disorder more associated with the infection, while epigastric pain was the most frequent symptom and 44,6 % of the cases had a unsatisfactory evolution. Conclusions: a high percentage of Helicobacter pylori infection was obtained.

Palavras-chave : Helicobater pylori infección; Tracto digestivo superior.

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