HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INFECTION AND GASTRITIS IN HEALTHY NIGERIANS

被引:5
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作者
HOLCOMBE, C
KALUBA, J
LUCAS, SB
机构
[1] Academic Department of Surgery, University of Maiduguri
[2] Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London
关键词
DUODENAL ULCER; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;
D O I
10.1007/BF01730375
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
In a study of forty asymptomatic volunteers from northern Nigeria; 35 (87.5%) had histological gastritis and 32 (80%) were infected by Helicobacter pylori. All but one of the patients infected by Helicobacter Pylori had histological gastritis. This high prevalence of H. Pylori infection in young, asymptomatic subjects, occurs in an area with a low prevalence of duodenal ulcer. The possible reasons for this are discussed.
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