Research Article
Concomitant Colonization of Helicobacter pylori in Dental Plaque and Gastric Biopsy
Table 2
Relationship of endoscopic findings and H. pylori prevalence in dental plaque and gastric biopsy’s dyspeptic patients.
| Endoscopic findings | Dental plaque | PCR ureC | Gastric biopsy | culture | culture |
| Ulcerated esophagitis () | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.6%) | 3 (100.0%) | Nonulcerated esophagitis () | 6 (100.0%) | 6 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | Antral gastritis () | 12 (57.1%) | 17 (81.0%) | 12 (57.1%) | Erosive gastritis () | 25 (100.0%) | 25 (100.0%) | 25 (100.0%) | Gastric ulcer () | 8 (100.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | Duodenitis () | 14 (58.3%) | 20 (83.3%) | 17 (70.8%) | Duodenum ulcer () | 15 (78.9%) | 16 (84.2%) | 12 (63.1%) | Erosive duodenitis () | 12 (100.0%) | 12 (100.0%) | 12 (100.0%) | Duodenum deformity () | 16 (100.0%) | 16 (100.0%) | 12 (75.0%) |
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