Abstract
Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is the most common chronic bacterial infection in humans. Its prevalence in Omani adults and children is not known. Objective: To report histology-based H. pylori infection prevalence in Omani children. Methods: A retrospective study of biopsy proven H. pylori infection in children over a 3 year period in a single center. Age, gender, indication for endoscopy, history of recurrent abdominal pain, and anemia were compared between H. pylori-positive and negative children. Results: Of 143 patients who underwent endoscopy, gastric biopsies were available on 112. The overall prevalence of biopsy proven H. pylori infection was 25%. The prevalence in children with recurrent abdominal pain was 30% compared to 22% in children who underwent endoscopy for other indications (p =.382). The prevalence increased from 7% in children aged
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 306-311 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Helicobacter |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Children
- Gastritis
- H. pylori
- Oman
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gastroenterology
- Infectious Diseases
- Medicine(all)