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  • Title: [Helicobacter pylori infection in a group of HIV/AIDS patients].
    Author: Alonso LJ, Pascual MG, Pérez AR, Hernández EA, Busquets EB, Fonseca ME.
    Journal: Rev Cubana Med Trop; 2001; 53(3):199-203. PubMed ID: 15846924.
    Abstract:
    The prevalence of H. pylori infection in AIDS patients has been controversial. A. controlled prospective and descriptive study was conducted in a group of 64 HIV-infested patients. H. pylori detection was carried out by endoscopic study during which two biopsy samples of gastric antrum and body were taken for the histologic study and other 2 samples of gastric antrum and body for urease testing. H.pylori infection prevalence was 56.3%. The comparison group was composed by 110 serologically HIV-negative patients, with an infection prevalence rate of 77.2%. In the HIV-AIDS group, the frequency of gastric ulcer was 1,5% and no duodenal ulcer was found whereas the comparison group showed a frequency of gastric and duodenal ulcers of 1.8 and 15.5% respectively. HIV+/AIDS patients in category I exhibited an H. pylori infection prevalence of 68.7%, category II, 39.2% and category III, 21,0%. A reversed association was observed between the level of immune deterioration and the prevalence of H. pylori infection.
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