Research Article
Concomitant Colonization of Helicobacter pylori in Dental Plaque and Gastric Biopsy
Table 1
Relationship of clinical symptoms and frequency of H. pylori detected in dental plaque and gastric biopsy’s dyspeptic patients.
| | Clinical symptoms | Dental plaque | PCR ureC | Gastric biopsy | | culture | culture |
| | Epigastric pain without nocturnal awakening while patient is hungry () | 34 (41.4%) | 62 (72.6%) | 30 (36.6%) | | Epigastric pain with nocturnal awakening while patient is hungry () | 15 (83.3%) | 15 (83.3%) | 16 (88.8%) | | Bloating after meal without nocturnal awakening () | 39 (63.9%) | 55 (90.1%) | 34 (55.7%) | | Bloating after meal with nocturnal awakening () | 5 (55.5%) | 6 (66.6%) | 6 (66.6%) | | Reflux without nocturnal awakening () | 15 (48.4%) | 24 (77.4%) | 15 (48.4%) | | Reflux with nocturnal awakening () | 6 (75.0%) | 7 (87.5%) | 6 (75.0%) | | Previously infected with H. pylori and cured () | 18 (75.0%) | 24 (100%) | 13 (54.2%) |
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