Helicobacter pylori L-form and patients with chronic gastritis

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World J Gastroenterol. May 1, 2004; 10(9): 1306-1309
Published online May 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i9.1306

Table 1 Comparation of Gram staining and immunohis-tochemistry staining in detection of Helicobacter pylori L-forms

Gram staining (n)	Immunohistochemistry staining (n)		Total (n)
Gram staining (n)	Positive	Negative	Total (n)
Positive	209	17	226
Negative	7	195	202
Total	216	212	428

χ² = 0.46779, P > 0.05 between the 2 methods.

Table 2 Relationship of infection of Helicobacter pylori L-forms with gender and age of patients with chronic gastritis

Age(yr)	Male		Female		Total
Age(yr)	n	Detection rate (%)	n	Detection rate (%)	n	Detection rate (%)
14-	62	31 (50.00)	75	17 (22.67)	137	48 (35.04)^b
30-	37	14 (37.84)	48	18 (37.50)	85	32 (37.65)^b
40-	55	35 (63.64)	23	12 (52.17)	78	47 (60.26)^b
50-	81	56 (69.14)	47	26 (55.32)	128	82 (64.06)^b
Total	235	136 (57.87 )^d	193	73 (37.82)^d	428	209 (48.83)

^dχ² = 17.05, P < 0.01;

^bχ² = 33.74, P < 0.01.

Table 3 Detection of T lymphocyte subsets in patients with chronic gastritis in relation to infection with Helicobacter pylori and its L-forms

Group	n	CD3+ (%)	CD4+ (%)	CD8+ (%)	CD4+/CD8+
Hp (-)	202	60.72 ± 8.38^b	36.33 ± 3.68^d	25.83 ± 6.93	1.55 ± 0.34^j
Hp (+)	226	47.58 ± 4.44^b	25.51 ± 4.74^d	22.77 ± 7.46	1.44 ± 0.51^j
Hp-L (-)	17	50.81 ± 6.20	33.74 ± 5.34^f	25.04 ± 10.48	1.68 ± 0.58^h
Hp-L (+)	209	46.67 ± 5.21	30.75 ± 4.89^f	22.15 ± 6.45	1.32 ± 0.47^h
Total	428	52.20 ± 6.21	34.31 ± 4.18	23.49 ± 6.86	1.16 ± 0.466

^bP < 0.001, t = 20.61;

^dP < 0.001, t = 26.21;

^jP < 0.001, t = 4.36;

^fP < 0.001, t = 7.78;

^hP < 0.01, t = 2.99. Hp: Helicobacter pylori.

Table 4 Detection of serum IL-2, IL-6 and IL-8 in patients with chronic gastritis in relation to infection with Helicobacter pylori and its L-forms

Group	n	IL-2 (mg/L)	IL-6 (ng/L)	IL-8 (ng/L)
Hp (-)	202	6.14 ± 0.65^b	36.82 ± 3.15^d	48.35 ± 3.63^f
Hp (+)	226	1.56 ± 0.47^b	103.62 ± 5.85^d	109.79 ± 7.18^f
Hp-L (-)	17	3.39 ± 0.57^h	63.35 ± 6.51^j	82.33 ± 8.45^l
Hp-L (+)	209	1.16 ± 0.38^h	116.45 ± 5.44^j	118.64 ± 6.24^l
Total	428	3.27 ± 0.52	81.83 ± 4.73	87.53 ± 5.68

^bP < 0.001, t = 83.06;

^dP < 0.001, t = 145.3;

^fP < 0.001, t = 110.3;

^hP < 0.001, t = 21.08;

^jP < 0.001, t = 38.45;

^lP < 0.001, t = 22.61. Hp: Helicobacter pylori.

Citation: Wang KX, Chen L. Helicobacter pylori L-form and patients with chronic gastritis. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(9): 1306-1309
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