The possible cancer risk factor of helicobacter pylori infections in immunocompromised children

Abstract EN

The frcquency of Helicobacter pylori in childrcn with malignancy was evaluatc in the présent study.

Among 51 childrcn includcd in the study ,29 of them are in malignancy group (79.3% of them having positive one step diagnostic test) ,while 22 childrcn were control group (54.5% of them having positive onc step diagnostic test).

H.pylori infection was significantly higher in the malignancy group compared to the control group(P<0.05) ; 44.8% having positive culture for H.pylori ,while only 18.2% of control having positive culture for H.pylori.

the results showed that there is no signifieant association between H.pylori and the type of cancer with P > 0.05.

And there is a signifieant association between H.pylori and age more than 5 years writh p< 0.05 which is statistically signifieant among patient groups.

results also showed that there is no signifieant association between H.pylori and sex among both patients and control groups with P> 0.05.