Campylobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease. III. Symptoms and paraclinical and epidemiologic findings.
Only a few publications have dealt with the subjective symptoms, the paraclinical findings, or the epidemiology in relation to cultivation of C. pylori. Seventy-two patients answered a questionnaire containing questions about symptoms, dietary habits, smoking, and animal contact. C. pylori was cultivated from the biopsy specimens of 41 of these patients, and 31 were culture-negative. In addition, leukocyte count, differential count, and blood immunoglobulins were measured. In many culture-positive patients a variation in symptoms during the year was found, and symptoms had lasted more than 5 years. This was statistically significant for non-ulcer patients. In addition, we found initial abdominal pain and present vomiting to be significant features, but they did not seem to have any clinical significance. Unlike Marshall & Warren, we did not find ructus to be related to infections with C. pylori. In all other respects we found no differences between culture-negative and culture-positive patients. It was not possible to detect any descriptive variables in patients with C. pylori infections.
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Dept. of Enterovirus, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D007136:Immunoglobulins