title: Campylobacter pylori in patients undergoing gastroscopy at Goroka Base Hospital.
abstract: Biopsy specimens were taken from intact areas of antral mucosa in 53 consecutive highlanders presenting for gastroscopy. Spiral or curved bacilli were demonstrated in 31 patients (58%). Campylobacter pylori was cultured from 17 patients (32%). The bacteria were present in 16 (76%) of the 21 patients with gastric ulcer. Histological studies carried out in 25 patients showed gastritis in 21 (84%) and the bacteria were present in all 8 cases of active chronic gastritis and in 5 of 13 cases (38%) of chronic gastritis. These results suggest that infection may play an important role in the aetiology of gastritis and gastric ulcer in Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology