title: Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical unit, Base Hospital, Panadura.
  
  
  METHODS
  67 patients with persistent symptoms suggestive of functional dyspepsia but no clinical, endoscopic or ultrasonographic evidence of peptic, biliary, pancreatic or malignant disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and two antral mucosal biopsies were performed in all patients and the rapid urease test (CLO test) was done to detect H pylori status. All patients gave informed consent.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 67 patients (32 males) with a mean age of 45 years (35 to 70 years), only 2 patients (2.9%) were found to be positive for H pylori infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incidence of H pylori infection was found to be very low in patients with functional dyspepsia.
authors.affiliation: Base Hospital, Panadura, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged