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Article: Trends in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in symptomatic children in the era of eradication

TitleTrends in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in symptomatic children in the era of eradication
Authors
KeywordsEradication
Helicobacter pylori
Prevalence
Issue Date2005
PublisherWB Saunders Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jpedsurg
Citation
Journal Of Pediatric Surgery, 2005, v. 40 n. 12, p. 1844-1847 How to Cite?
AbstractPurpose: Helicobacter pylori infection is common in Asia and is associated with dyspepsia, peptic ulcer, and gastric cancer. Eradication of the organism remains an important goal. Here, we looked at the trends in the prevalence of H pylori in symptomatic children over an 8-year period to assess the impact of an aggressive eradication program. Method: A retrospective review was carried out between 1997 and 2004. All children with a history of dyspepsia or acute gastrointestinal bleeding were included and underwent gastroscopy. Three antral biopsies were taken during endoscopy and sent for histological analysis. Positivity of H pylori was treated aggressively with quadruple therapy under protocol. The demographic data, the histological findings, and the H pylori status were recorded. Results: There were a total of 159 patients (71 males, 88 females) who underwent gastroscopy in this period. One hundred nineteen patients showed histological evidence of gastritis, and the positive rate of H pylori was 25.6%. The overall prevalence has not decreased (33.3% in 1997, 27.7% in 2004). Increasing age, however, was associated significantly with the higher risk of H pylori infection. Conclusion: H pylori has a high prevalence in Chinese children with increasing age. Eradication efforts seem to be unsuccessful in the reduction of prevalence. We hypothesize that this may be owing to cross-infection at meal times from sharing chopsticks. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/84309
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.949
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dc.contributor.authorWong, KKYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChung, HYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLan, LCLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLin, SCLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTam, PKHen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T08:51:25Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:51:25Z-
dc.date.issued2005en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Pediatric Surgery, 2005, v. 40 n. 12, p. 1844-1847en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0022-3468en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/84309-
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Helicobacter pylori infection is common in Asia and is associated with dyspepsia, peptic ulcer, and gastric cancer. Eradication of the organism remains an important goal. Here, we looked at the trends in the prevalence of H pylori in symptomatic children over an 8-year period to assess the impact of an aggressive eradication program. Method: A retrospective review was carried out between 1997 and 2004. All children with a history of dyspepsia or acute gastrointestinal bleeding were included and underwent gastroscopy. Three antral biopsies were taken during endoscopy and sent for histological analysis. Positivity of H pylori was treated aggressively with quadruple therapy under protocol. The demographic data, the histological findings, and the H pylori status were recorded. Results: There were a total of 159 patients (71 males, 88 females) who underwent gastroscopy in this period. One hundred nineteen patients showed histological evidence of gastritis, and the positive rate of H pylori was 25.6%. The overall prevalence has not decreased (33.3% in 1997, 27.7% in 2004). Increasing age, however, was associated significantly with the higher risk of H pylori infection. Conclusion: H pylori has a high prevalence in Chinese children with increasing age. Eradication efforts seem to be unsuccessful in the reduction of prevalence. We hypothesize that this may be owing to cross-infection at meal times from sharing chopsticks. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherWB Saunders Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jpedsurgen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Pediatric Surgeryen_HK
dc.subjectEradicationen_HK
dc.subjectHelicobacter pylorien_HK
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_HK
dc.titleTrends in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in symptomatic children in the era of eradicationen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0022-3468&volume=40&spage=1844&epage=1847&date=2005&atitle=Trends+in+the+prevalence+of+Helicobacter+pylori+in+symptomatic+children+in+the+era+of+eradicationen_HK
dc.identifier.emailWong, KKY: kkywong@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailTam, PKH: paultam@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.authorityTam, PKH=rp00060en_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.024en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid16338302-
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dc.relation.referenceshttp://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-28844473513&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpageen_HK
dc.identifier.volume40en_HK
dc.identifier.issue12en_HK
dc.identifier.spage1844en_HK
dc.identifier.epage1847en_HK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000235189900006-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Statesen_HK
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dc.identifier.scopusauthoridLan, LCL=7005687228en_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridLin, SCL=8213776500en_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridTam, PKH=7202539421en_HK
dc.identifier.issnl0022-3468-

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