Campylobacter associated gastritis in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia.
Gastric biopsy specimens from 109 patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia were retrospectively examined. Sixty one patients had gastritis and there was a strong correlation with the presence of Campylobacter pyloridis. Ninety eight per cent were positive in large numbers for C pyloridis by histological examination or by culture, or both. Of 48 patients with normal histological results, 21 had evidence of C pyloridis by histological examination or culture, or both, but in small numbers. It is concluded that there is a quantitative rather than a qualitative association between C pyloridis and gastritis.
Loffeld
R J
RJ
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Potters
H V
HV
Arends
J W
JW
Stobberingh
E
E
Flendrig
J A
JA
van Spreeuwel
J P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged