title: Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide. The prevalence of Hp infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) is unclear. Thus, the aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection in CF patients and to correlate H. pylori presence with CF expression.
  
  
  METHODS
  The presence of H. pylori infection was assessed using a breath test with isotope-labeled urea in CF 79 patients compared to 302 healthy control subjects (HS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen (19.0%) CF patients were H. pylori positive. No statistical differences in the basic clinical parameters or in their distribution were documented. No clinical factor was an independent risk factor of H. pylori infection. The corrected prevalence of H. pylori infection in pediatric CF patients and HS was 14.4% and 9.8%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of H. pylori infection in CF patients is not different from that in healthy subjects.
authors: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33, 60-572 Poznań, Poland.
authors: Sławomira
authors: S
authors: Drzymała-Czyż
authors: Jarosław
authors: J
authors: Kwiecień
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Pogorzelski
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Rachel
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Banasiewicz
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Pławski
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Szczawińska-Popłonyk
authors: Karl-Heinz
authors: KH
authors: Herzig
authors: Jarosław
authors: J
authors: Walkowiak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001944:Breath Tests; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cystic fibrosis; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence