title: Association of helicobacter pylori infection with serum magnesium in kidney transplant patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies are available regarding the various promoting factors of H. pylori infection in kidney disease patients especially renal transplant individuals.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was therefore conducted to examine the association of serum magnesium with H. pylori infection among kidney transplant patients. This cross-sectional investigation was conducted on a group of stable kidney transplant patients. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected for biochemical analysis after an overnight fast, Also urea breath test (UBT) was conducted for patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 50 cases was enrolled to the study. Mean serum magnesium value of the patients was 1.98 ± 0.62 mg/dl. Serum magnesium level in positive H. pylori patients was more than negative H. pylori patients (p=0.0005). In this study population, there was no significant difference in serum intact PTH, calcium, alkaline phosphatase, albumin levels and body mass index (BMI) between males and females or H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects (p>0.5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is possible that, magnesium aggravates H. pylori infection in kidney transplant patients through the mechanisms like hemodialysis, which we had reported previously. However, more studies are necessary to prove the association of magnesium with H. pylori infection in renal transplant patients and finding the clinical relevance of our findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Massoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hafizi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mardani
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borhani
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Falculty of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Parto
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nasri
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nasri
keywords: Chronic renal failure; Helicobacter pylori; Kidney transplantation; Magnesium