title: Helicobacter pylori--a risk factor for the developement of the central serous chorioretinopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To prove the influence oftte Helicobcter pylor for the development of the central serous chororetinopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined 55 patients with central serous chorioretinopathy confirmed by fluorescein angiogram and 55 controls. Each patient provided venous blood sample for IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique (ELISA) and a stool specimen for Helicobacter pylori antigens.
  
  
  RESULTS
  44% in CSC patients were positive results of stool examine and only 29% in group comtrol. In 67% of the patients we proved the presence of the antibodies IgG--anty Helicobacter pylori and in 47% controls. The difference was statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Helicobacter pylori infection is statistically more frequently among the patients with CSC diagnosis than in healthy population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Academy of Wroclaw.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misiuk-Hojło
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michałowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turno-Krecicka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015984:Causality; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial