title: Investigation of the association between glaucoma and Helicobacter pylori infection using the 14C-urea breath test.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association between glaucoma and Helicobacter pylori infection by evaluating for the presence of H. pylori infection in patients with glaucoma using the 14C-urea breath test (14C-UBT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 14C-UBT, H. pylori infection positivity was compared between a group of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and a control group with normal intraocular pressure and a normal optic disc or normal perimetry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 14C-UBT was positive in 18 (51.42%) out of 35 patients in the glaucoma group and in 15 (42.85%) out of 35 patients in the control group. H. pylori infection positivity rates were similar between the glaucoma and control groups (p>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the 14C-UBT, there is no association between primary open-angle glaucoma and H. pylori infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Esra Ayhan
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Tuzcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Fusun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.affiliation: Department Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Vicdan Koksaldi
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Motor
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Mutlu Cihan
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Daglıoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Nihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parlakfikirer
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, TR.
authors.forename: Ugurcan
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keskin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000382:microbiology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014508:Urea / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D014508:Urea