Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Southern Indian controls and patients with gastroduodenal disease

Prasad, Sandhya ; Mathan, Minnie ; Chandy, George ; Prasanna Rajan, D. ; Venkateswaran, Sarada ; Ramakrishna, B. S. ; Mathan, V. I. (1994) Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Southern Indian controls and patients with gastroduodenal disease Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 9 (5). pp. 501-506. ISSN 0815-9319

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Abstract

The spiral organism Helicobacter pylori has been casually implicated in the genesis of various gastroduodenal diseases. Since these diseases are common in southern India, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of H. pylori in the gastric mucosa of asymptomatic adults and patients with various gastroduodenal diseases. H. pylori was detected in the gastric mucosa of 25 of 30 (83.3%) normal volunteers. Prevalence rates in the disease groups were also high, and included 38 of 41 patients with duodenal ulcer (92.6%), 13/16 with gastric ulcer (81.3%), and 85/119 subjects (71.4%) with non-ulcer dyspepsia. Light microscopic examination of the gastric mucosa provided the best method of detecting H. pylori. H. pylori colonization was significantly associated with histological abnormalities, mainly chronic atrophic gastritis (147) and superficial gastritis (11), while only three of 161 H. pylori positive patients had histologically normal antral mucosa. Ultrastructural examination revealed changes in the apical complex of the gastric mucosal cells in response to bacterial adhesion, with mucus depletion and cellular damage. Bacteria were also noted disrupting the tight junctions and entering the intercellular spaces. The high prevalence of H. pylori infection may explain the high incidence of gastritis, duodenal ulceration and gastric carcinoma in this population. However, in this population, the prevalence of infection in asymptomatic individuals was nearly as high as that in duodenal ulcer, underlining the need for further study to identify the differences in host response or bacterial pathogenicity that lead to the development of ulcer in only some individuals.

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Keywords:Gastritis; Helicobacter; Non-ulcer Dyspepsia; Peptic Ulcer
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