Current prevalence of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland

Tadeusz Tacikowski; Sa’eed Bawa; Danuta Gajewska; Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak; Jacek Bujko; Grażyna Rydzewska

doi:10.5114/pg.2017.68042

eISSN: 1897-4317
ISSN: 1895-5770

Gastroenterology Review/Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny

Current issue Archive Manuscripts accepted About the journal Editorial board Abstracting and indexing Subscription Contact Instructions for authors Publication charge Ethical standards and procedures

Editorial System

Submit your Manuscript

Editorial Policies

Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications

Open access

2/2017
vol. 12

Send email

Copy url:

abstract:

Original paper

**Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland**

Tadeusz Tacikowski

,

Sa’eed Bawa

,

Danuta Gajewska

,

Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak

,

Jacek Bujko

,

Grażyna Rydzewska

Gastroenterology Rev 2017; 12 (2): 135–139

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2017.68042

Online publish date: 2017/05/30

View full text Get citation

PlumX metrics:

Introduction: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with dyspepsia has important clinical and epidemiological implications. However, the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients within Poland is unknown; the last data were collected a decade ago and the majority of previous studies showed the prevalence to be between 60% and 100%.

Aim: To establish the current prevalence of Hp infection among patients with dyspepsia in Warsaw, Poland.

Material and methods: The study group comprised 148 patients (126 women and 22 men) with dyspepsia, treated in two outpatient clinics in Warsaw. The mean age in the group that tested positive for Hp was 45.8 years (SD = 14.86; median = 51; min = 19; max = 64). They were tested for Hp infection with a urea breath test that uses 13C-enriched urea and isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

Results: Hp infection was found in 53 patients (44 women and 9 men), i.e. in 35.8% of the whole study group. We did not find any significant relationship between Hp infection and the patients’ age, gender, or their body mass index.

Conclusions: The current prevalence of Hp infection among patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw is 35.8%. However, our data suggest almost a two-fold fall in the prevalence of Hp infection compared to the previous Polish studies.

keywords:

Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland

Tadeusz Tacikowski , Sa’eed Bawa , Danuta Gajewska , Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak , Jacek Bujko , Grażyna Rydzewska

Helicobacter pylori, Helicobacter pylori prevalence

**Current prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dyspepsia treated in Warsaw, Poland**

Tadeusz Tacikowski

,

Sa’eed Bawa

,

Danuta Gajewska

,

Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak

,

Jacek Bujko

,

Grażyna Rydzewska