title: High prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Behcet's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Behcet's disease (BD) is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology. There are several clues which may indicate an ethiopathogenesis role for Helicobacter pylori infection in this disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a case control study in an out patient department, 48 patients with BD were compared to age, sex matched controls regarding presence of H. pylori infection by serology and urea breath test (UBT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ongoing H. pylori infection was more prevalent among patients with BD using result of UBT with odds ratio of 3.1 (95% CI: 1.34 - 7.26, PV < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  H. pylori infection may have a role in the pathogenesis of BD.
authors.affiliation: Health policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P,O, Box 71345-1414, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. lankaran@sums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Kamran B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lankarani
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ravanbod
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aflaki
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nazarinia
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajaee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001944:Breath Tests; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D014508:Urea / Q000032:analysis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D014508:Urea