Symptomatic Helicobacter pylori infection in young patients with severe neurologic impairment.
Helicobacter pylori infection was identified in five patients with profound neurologic impairment who were undergoing evaluation for gastrointestinal symptoms, and it was subsequently identified in 7 of 61 patients with symptoms whose condition was evaluated prospectively. Institutionalized patients were at greater risk of infection. Treatment of H. pylori infection resulted in symptomatic improvement for the majority of patients.
Proujansky
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Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
Shaffer
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Vinton
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Bachrach
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005774:Gastrostomy; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000382:microbiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors