Review Article
Oral Cavity as an Extragastric Reservoir of Helicobacter pylori
Table 4
Summary of studies in which the presence of H. pylori in dental plaque was determined by EIA.
| | No. | Authors | Year | Sample size | Prevalence of H. pylori |
| | 1 | Namiot et al. [26] | 2010 | 155 patients | 65.6% | | 2 | Leszczyńska et al. [27] | 2009 | 164 dyspeptic patients referred for endoscopy-95 H. pylori infected and 69 noninfected | 82.1% in H. pylori positive subjects and 17.7% in H. pylori negative subjects | | 3 | Checchi et al. [28] | 2000 | 35 patients from a Periodontology clinic | 11% | | 4 | Savoldi et al. [29] | 1998 | 80 dyspeptic patients | 0 |
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