%0 Journal Article
%T Preval¨ºncia de infec£¿£¿o por Helicobacter pylori em crian£¿as avaliadas no Hospital de Cl¨ªnicas de Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
%A SOUSA
%A Marcelo Basso
%A LUZ
%A Let¨ªcia Perondi
%A MOREIRA
%A Daniel Martins
%A BACHA
%A Omar Moreira
%A CHULTZ
%A Rog¨¦rio Menezes
%A EDELWEISS
%A Maria Isabel
%J Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
%D 2001
%I Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia - IBEPEGE
%R 10.1590/S0004-28032001000200010
%X objectives £¿ to determinate prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in a group of symptomatic patients between 2 and 18 years old who were submitted to gastric biopsy during upper endoscopy done in the period of 1990-97. to correlate the histological findings with clinical and endoscopical data. methods £¿ a cross-sectional study done after review of clinical and histopathological data. histopathological sections were reviewed by a pathologist, who did not know the clinical information and the previous histopathological reports. results £¿ among 181 patients evaluated, prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection was 24.86% (45 positive cases). in pathological analysis, gastritis was found in 38/45 of the positive helicobacter pylori patients and in 45/136 negative helicobacter pylori. gastric ulceration was found in 6/45 positive helicobacter pylori and in 3/136 negative helicobacter pylori. conclusion £¿ this study stated a significative association between helicobacter pylori infection and pathological abnormalities in children evaluated in the "hospital de cl¨ªnicas de porto alegre", rs, brazil.
%K helicobacter infections
%K helicobacter pylori
%K child.
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