| Author: Abdullah Ceylan, Ercan Kırımi, Oğuz Tuncer, Kürşat Türkdoğan, Sevil Arıyuca, Nesrin Ceylan |
| InfoShare Partner: ICDDR,B |
| Publication Date: December 2007 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Child health/survival, Infectious diseases, other |
| Region: Middle East/North Africa |
| Language: English |
| Additional information: Sectional PDF and HTML files available on the website |
| Number of Pages: 6 |
| File Size: 172 KB |
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among children and their family members and to evaluate some epidemiologic characteristics. The study included 275 children, aged 1-15 year(s), suffering from different gastrointestinal complaints. Blood serology and stool antigen testing were used for the diagnosis of infection due to H. pylori. Sixty-five (23.6%) of the 275 children were positive for H. pylori, and thispositivity had a significantly increasing correlation with age (p
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