Helicobacter pylori infection and gastritis in healthy Nigerians

C Holcombe; J Kaluba; S B Lucas

doi:10.1007/BF01730375

Helicobacter pylori infection and gastritis in healthy Nigerians

Eur J Epidemiol. 1994 Apr;10(2):223-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01730375.

Authors

C Holcombe¹, J Kaluba, S B Lucas

Affiliation

¹ Academic Department of Surgery, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.

PMID: 7813703
DOI: 10.1007/BF01730375

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Duodenal Ulcer / epidemiology
Female
Gastritis / epidemiology*
Gastritis / microbiology*
Gastritis / pathology
Helicobacter Infections / epidemiology*
Helicobacter pylori*
Humans
Male
Nigeria / epidemiology
Population Surveillance*
Prevalence