Evaluation Of Helicobacter pylori Antigen Positivity ？n Stool Samples Of Patients With Dyspeptic Complaints

Abstract Helicobacter pyloriis a bacterium that has been implicated in the gastrointestinal tractand responsible for important clinical tables throughout mankind history. There is a strongrelationship between gastric cancer and H.pyloripositivity. In this study, we intendedto establish the positivity rate of H.pyloriantigen in stool samples of outpatients withdyspeptic complaints and to evaluate its relation with age and gender. Between January 01, 2014 and February 28, 2018, stool samples of 1142 outpatients with dyspepticcomplaints admitted to various departments are investigated with an immunochromatographic test kit using monoclonal antibodies for detection of H.pyloriantigen. The results were evaluated retrospectively. Among 1142 patients’ stool samples tested, 125(10.9%) were positive. Among all cases, 740 (64.7%) were under 40 years of age. 35.2%of men and 64.8% of women were detected as positive. According to age groups, 40% patients were positive for 20-40 age groups. When compared with other studies in Turkey, it is a pleasing result to detect a lower rate of positivity