title: Helicobacter pylori infection in laryngeal diseases.
abstract: Clinical studies have shown that Helicobacter pylori can be found not only in the mucosa of the stomach, but in the pharyngeal and laryngeal regions as well. The aim of this prospective case-control study was to identify H. pylori infection in the biopsy material from the larynx of the patients suffering from benign laryngeal diseases (vocal fold polyps, laryngitis) and laryngeal cancer and to investigate the possible relationships between the laryngeal H. pylori and patients' socio-demographic data and laryngopharyngeal reflux. The results of the biopsy material from 67 adult patients treated for benign laryngeal diseases and laryngeal cancer and 11 individuals of the control group revealed that H. pylori infection could be identified in more than one-third of the patients. In the majority of cases H. pylori was found in the patients with chronic laryngitis (45.5%) and laryngeal cancer (46.2%). The findings of these sub-groups significantly differed from those of the control group (9.1%) (p < 0.05). No significant relationships between H. pylori infection found in the laryngeal region and patients' demographic data, their unhealthy habits and reflux-related symptoms or signs were obtained. It could be concluded that H. pylori can colonize in the larynx of patients with benign laryngeal diseases and laryngeal cancer. To clarify the role of H. pylori as a risk factor for laryngeal diseases further research is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital, Kaunas Clinic, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas, 50009, Lithuania. norai_s@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Siupsinskiene
authors.forename: Vilma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jurgutaviciute
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Katutiene
authors.forename: Dainius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janciauskas
authors.forename: Saulius
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaitkus
authors.forename: Kęstutis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adamonis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D057045:Laryngopharyngeal Reflux / Q000382:microbiology*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods; D007830:Larynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014510:Urease
chemical_list: D014510:Urease