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Oral Cavity as an Extragastric Reservoir of Helicobacter pylori

Table 3

Summary of studies in which the presence of H. pylori in dental plaque was determined by culture.
No.AuthorsYearSample sizePrevalence of
H. pylori
1Agarwal and Jithendra [31]201230 H. pylori positive and 20 H. pylori negative patientsOverall-18%; in H. pylori positive group-30%; in H. pylori negative group-0
2Loster et al. [74]2009Forty six dentists without known co-morbidities48%
3Teoman et al. [25]200767 dyspeptic patients0
4Czesnikiewicz-Guzik et al. [75]2005100 female patients48.3%
5 Cze nikiewicz-Guzik et al. [33]2004100 female patients48.3%
6Umeda et al. [37]200318 dental patients5.6%
7Goosen et al. [67]200258 clinically healthy volunteers13.8% of which only 5.2% were positive in PCR analysis
8Checchi et al. [28]200035 patients from a Periodontology clinic8.6%
9Oshowo et al. [32]1998208 dyspeptic patients-116 H. pylori positive and 92 H. pylori negativeOverall 1% all in H. pylori positive
10Hardo et al. [24]199562 dyspeptic patients0
11Krajden et al. [16]198971 patients undergoing endoscopy1.4%