Frequency of Helicobacter Pylori in Patients with Dyspepsia in Civil Hospital, Khairpur
Shehzad Tariq, Farukh Imtiaz, Bakhtiar Ahmed, Sarmad Saeed, Inam Ali Larik, M. Ashraf Sial
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ABSTRACT
Background: The Helicobacter
pylori is a gram negative bacterium which is found in
majority of population in all over the world. It is possible due to
contaminated food consumption, working in unsanitary condition and the use of
public toilets with poor sanitation. In the field of gastroenterology infection
caused by H. pylori and functional
dyspepsia are most common clinical issue but their association is also unclear.
Aim:
To determine the frequency of Helicobacter Pylori in
patients with presenting with Dyspepsia in Civil
Hospital, Khairpur
Study
Design: Descriptive Cross sectional study.
Duration
of study: One
year from 01-Jan-
2019
to 31-12-2019.
Setting:
Institute of Microbiology, Shah
Abdul Latif University, Khairpur.
Methodology:
All
the patients between 15 to 60 years of age, admitted patients of dyspepsia were
diagnosed and evaluated for Helicobacter
pylori infection through histopathological examination.
Results:
Total
100 subjects with dyspepsia were screened for Helicobacter pylori infection. Mean
age of patients was 40.0 ±15.40
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37 |
. Majority of patients with H.
pylori positive were from age group between 40-60 years, from which 56.7%
of them were H. pylori positive; while 30% of patients were from age
between 20-40 years of age and only 13.3% were from age below 20 years of age
Conclusion:
The
dyspeptic patients are prone to acquire Helicobacter
pylori infection therefore present study reported 30% prevalence for H. pylori infection with male gender
predominance.
Key words: Dyspepsia, Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Peptic ulcer, histopathology,
endoscopy