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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2013; 19(18): 2806-2810
Published online May 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i18.2806
Published online May 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i18.2806
Table 1 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in each diagnostic test n (%)
| Diagnostic test | Age (yr) | Total (n = 372) | ||||
| ≤29 (n = 107) | 30-39 (n = 96) | 40-49 (n = 80) | 50-59 (n = 45) | ≥60 (n = 44) | ||
| Serum | 80 (74.8) | 80 (83.3) | 47 (58.8) | 30 (66.7) | 24 (54.5) | 261 (70.2) |
| CLO | 68 (63.6) | 59 (61.5) | 35 (43.8) | 24 (53.3) | 17 (38.6) | 203 (54.6) |
| Culture | 72 (67.3) | 61 (63.5) | 38 (47.5) | 23 (51.1) | 16 (36.4) | 210 (56.5) |
| Histology | 77 (72.0) | 64 (66.7) | 41 (51.3) | 28 (62.2) | 19 (43.2) | 229 (61.6) |
| IHC | 77 (72.0) | 64 (66.7) | 41 (51.3) | 28 (62.2) | 19 (43.2) | 229 (61.6) |
| Final | 86 (80.4) | 80 (83.3) | 49 (61.3) | 32 (71.1) | 26 (59.1) | 273 (73.4) |
Table 2 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in each diagnosis n (%)
| Diseases | n | Positive |
| Gastritis | 307 | 219 (71.3) |
| Gastric ulcer | 25 | 23 (92.0) |
| Duodenal ulcer | 22 | 20 (90.9) |
| Gastric cancer | 5 | 3 (60.0) |
| Duodenal erosion | 5 | 3 (60.0) |
| Duodenal tumor | 1 | 1 (100.0) |
| Reflux esophagitis | 7 | 4 (57.1) |
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Citation: Vilaichone RK, Mahachai V, Shiota S, Uchida T, Ratanachu-ek T, Tshering L, Tung NL, Fujioka T, Moriyama M, Yamaoka Y. Extremely high prevalence of
Helicobacter pylori infection in Bhutan. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(18): 2806-2810 - URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i18/2806.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i18.2806