An epidemiological view of helicobacter pylori infection among patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy in Aden

الملخص EN

The aim of the study is to determine the proportion of H.

pylori among dyspeptic patients and to describe the association of H.

pylori infection with sex, age, residency and endoscopic findings.

One hundred and four records of endoscoped patients, during a 3-year period, were retrospectively reviewed.

The study was carried out in one Endoscopy Center, Aden, Yemen.

Overall, H.

pylori was detected in 75% (78/104) of the 104 dyspeptic patients (47 males and 57 females, aged 16-80 years, and the mean age 42 years).

The difference of positive and negative values in relation to sex is not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

Most of the positive cases i.

e.

59 out of 104 (56.7 %) were from the rural governorates.

Difference between values was not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

The most infected patients (47.1 % ) of the total study subjects were found in the age group 30-49 years.

The commonest H.

pylori infection was found in patients with gastritis (28.2 %), erosive gastritis (26.9 % ), and erosive gastritis with erosive duodenitis (23.1 % ).

In conclusion, H.

pylori infection is common in dyspeptic patients referred to our Endoscopy Center with high proportion of positive H.

pylori infection among patients from rural areas, and the commonest H.

pylori infection was found in patients with gastritis and erosive gastritis.