title: [Helicobacter pylori infection in a group of HIV/AIDS patients].
abstract: The prevalence of H. pylori infection in AIDS patients has been controversial. A. controlled prospective and descriptive study was conducted in a group of 64 HIV-infested patients. H. pylori detection was carried out by endoscopic study during which two biopsy samples of gastric antrum and body were taken for the histologic study and other 2 samples of gastric antrum and body for urease testing. H.pylori infection prevalence was 56.3%. The comparison group was composed by 110 serologically HIV-negative patients, with an infection prevalence rate of 77.2%. In the HIV-AIDS group, the frequency of gastric ulcer was 1,5% and no duodenal ulcer was found whereas the comparison group showed a frequency of gastric and duodenal ulcers of 1.8 and 15.5% respectively. HIV+/AIDS patients in category I exhibited an H. pylori infection prevalence of 68.7%, category II, 39.2% and category III, 21,0%. A reversed association was observed between the level of immune deterioration and the prevalence of H. pylori infection.
authors.affiliation: Instituto De Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri", Marianao, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. ciipk@ipk.sld.cu
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Busquets
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies