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 findingsDental plaquePCR ureC Gastric biopsy
cultureculture

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%)