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- Title
The role of adenotonsillar tissues as a reservoir for Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter hepaticus.
- Authors
Aliakbari, Iraj; Noohi, Saeidollah; Safavi, Seyed Abbas; Tabrizi, Ali Goljanian; Bolfion, Mehdi; Razaghi, Maryam; Goudarzi, Hossein; Dabiri, Hossein
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of current study is to investigate whether tonsillar and/or adenoid tissue of patients with chronic adenotonsillitis plays a reservoir role for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) or Helicobacter hepaticus (H. hepaticus). Background: Recently, there have been arguments ragarding Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) being reserved in adenotonsillar tissue. Patients and methods: This study was performed with 90 patients with the diagnosis of chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy, mean age 36 ± 22, 32 (36%) female and 58(64%) male. Presence of H. pylori and H.hepaticus were detected by glmM gene and 16S rRNA specific primers respectively. Results: Of all patients 58 (65%) were found seropositive for H. pylori IgG while only 7(8%) patients had gentile gastrointestinal (GI) symptom, all gastritis. H. pylori and H.hepaticus was not detected in any of the patients by PCR.Conclusion: There was no correlation between GI symptom and/or seropositivity of H. pylori with presence of H. pylori and H. hepaticus in adenotonsillar tissues. Our results did not support the role of adenotonsills as a reservoir for H. pylori or H. hepaticus.
- Subjects
HELICOBACTER pylori; ADENOIDS; TONSILLITIS; HYPERTROPHY; GASTRITIS; PATIENTS; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Gastroenterology & Hepatology from Bed to Bench, 2011, Vol 4, Issue 3, p153
- ISSN
2008-2258
- Publication type
Article