title: Comparative efficiency of diagnostics and treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection in children.
abstract: The prevalence of chronic gastroenterological diseases among schoolchildren is high and the incidence of those diseases is growing up. The article is devoted to study of diagnostic, clinical features of Helicobacter pylori associated chronic diseases of upper digestive tract in children. With a help of screening-questioning of school children the age prevalence of main, gastroduodenal-specific complaints has been determined, their social and everyday life peculiarities have been investigated. Comparative efficacy of the main invasive and non invasive Helicobacter pylori diagnostic techniques among children has been determined. With the help of qualitative Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test the comparative efficacy of different methods of eradication therapy based on using bismuth containing drugs and the proton pump inhibitors were studied. The eradication therapy tolerability and side effects profile have been investigated.
authors.affiliation: Danylo Halytskiy Lviv National Medical University, Department of Faculty and Hospital Pediatrics, Lviv, Ukraine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niankovskiĭ
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ivakhnenko
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents