Helicobacter pylori infection in patients who attended the gastroenterology office

Authors

  • Agustín Eugenio García Capote Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado de Pinar del Río.
  • Eduardo Crespo Ramírez Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y Gastroenterología. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Asistente. Hospital General Docente «Abel Santamaría Cuadrado». Pinar del Río.
  • Humberto Guanche Garcell Especialista de Segundo Grado en Epidemiología y de Primer Grado en Medicina Interna. Máster en Infectologia. Profesor Auxiliar. Investigador Auxiliar. Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico «Joaquín Albarran». La Habana.

Keywords:

Helicobacter pylori, Gastrointestinal tract.

Abstract

Introduction: helicobacter pylori infection constitutes the chronic infection most widely spread amongst the human race.
Objective: to determine the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients who attended the Gastroenterology office.
Method: a descriptive observational study was performed with a universe of 240 patients with Helicobacter pylori determined by Ziehl Neelsen basic fuchsine staining, while the sample was confirmed by 204 patients tested positive to that test. The considered variables were age, sex, histological diagnosis, clinical symptoms, and clinical history following the specific treatment of Helicobacter pylori.  Frequencies distribution was used as a statistical analysis technique.
Results: Helicobacter pylori infection, in the 85 % of the studies cases, with a predominance of the male sex, being chronic gastritis with 63,7% the gastric disorder more associated with the infection, while epigastric pain was the most frequent symptom and 44,6 % of the cases had a unsatisfactory evolution.
Conclusions: a high percentage of Helicobacter pylori infection was obtained.

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Author Biography

Agustín Eugenio García Capote, Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado de Pinar del Río.

Especialista de Primer grado en Gastroenterología. Profesor Auxiliar y Consultante

 

 

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Published

2014-06-28

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García Capote AE, Crespo Ramírez E, Guanche Garcell H. Helicobacter pylori infection in patients who attended the gastroenterology office. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Aug. 29];18(3):453-62. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/1871

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2014)

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