Dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori infection: Analysis of 200 Kuwaiti patients referred for endoscopy

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 502-505

  Abahussain, Eman A ^a,b   Hasan, Fuad A M ^a   Nicholls, Paul J ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM DISEASE; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY;

EID: 0032462545     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.502     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Talley NJ, Colin-Jones D, Koch KL, Koch M, Nyren O, Stanghellini V. Functional dyspepsia: a classification with guidelines for management. Gastroenterol Int 1991;4:145-60.
2. Holtmann G, Talley NJ. Functional dyspepsia. Drugs 1993;45:918-30.
3. Armstrong D. Helicobacter pylori infection and dyspepsia. Scand J Gastroenterol 1996;31(Suppl 215):S38-S47.
4. O'Morain C, Buckley M. Helicobacter pylori and dyspepsia. Scand J Gastroenterol 1996;31(Suppl 214):S28-S30.
5. Richter JE. Dyspepsia: organic causes and differential characteristics from functional dyspepsia. Scand J Gastroenterol 1991;(Suppl 182):S11-S16.
6. Al-Moagel MA, Evans DG, Abdulg hani ME, Adam E, Evans DJ, Malaty HM, Graham DY. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (formerly Campylobacter pylori) infection in Saudia Arabia, and comparison of those with and without upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Am J Gastorenterol 1990;85:944-8.
7. Ali AMM, Chowdhury MN, Al Humayyd MS. Inhibitory effect of natural honey on Helicobacter pylori. Trop Gastroenterol 1991;12:139-43.
8. Mahmood K, Chowdhury MNH, Ayoola EA, Mofleh IA, Rashed RS, Faleh FZ. Helicobacter pylori: histological and cultural correlation in chronic gastritis. Trop Gastroenterol 1991;12:188-91.
9. Darwish AA. Association of Helicobacter pylori and nonulcer dyspepsia. Ann Saudi Med 1992;12:83-7.
10. Radhakrishnan S, Al-Nakib B, Kalaoui M, Patrie J. Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis in Kuwait: endoscopy-based study in symptomatic and asymptomatic children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1993;6:126-9.
11. Abdul-Wahab AM, Bin-Dayna KM. Helicobacter pylori: association with upper gastrointestinal disease in Bahrain. Bahrain Med Bull 1994;16:78-81.
12. Mohamed AE, Al-Karawi MA, Al-Jumah AA, et al. Helicobacter pylori: prevalence on 352 consecutive patients with dyspepsia. Ann Saudi Med 1994;14:134-5.
13. Moosa A, Kadri M. Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori by commercial honey. Med Principles Pract 1994;95:114-6.
14. Britt DP, Barakat MH, Tungekar MF, Painchaud SM, Adlouni M, Kern K, Malhas L. Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients in Kuwait. J Clin Pathol 1990;43:987-91.
15. Graham DY, Malaty HM, Evans DG, Evans DJ, Klein PD, Adam E. Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in an asymptomatic population in the United States: effects of age, race, and socioeconomic status. Gastroenterology 1991;100:1495-501.
16. Veldhuyzen Van Zanten SJO. Do socioeconomic, marital status and occupation influence the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1995;9(Suppl 2):S41-S44.
17. Ching CK, Lam SK. Nonulcer dyspepsia: association with chronic Helicobacter pylori infection-related gastritis? J Clin Gastroenterol 1995;21(Suppl 1):S140-S145.
18. Gabriele BP, Fabrizio P. Nature of non-ulcer dyspepsia and related conditions. Bailliere's Clin Gastroenterol 1995;9:549-62.
19. Lai ST, Fung P, Ng FH, Lee KC. A quantitative analysis of symptoms of non-ulcer dyspepsia as related to age, pathology, and Helicobacter pylori infection. Scand J Gastroenterol 1996;31:1078-82.
20. Rathbone BJ, Wyatt J, Heatley RV. Symptomatology in C. pylori positive and negative nonulcer dyspepsia. Gut (abstract) 1988;29:A1473.
21. Sobala GM, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. H. pylori is not associated with a distinct dyspeptic syndrome. Gut (abstract) 1989;30:A733.
22. Strauss RM, Wang TC, Kelsey PB, et al. Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with dyspeptic symptoms in patients undergoing gastroduodenoscopy. Am J Med 1990;89:464-9.
23. Tsega E, Gebre W, Manley P, Asfaw T. Helicobacter pylori, gastritis and non-ulcer dyspepsia in Ethiopian patients. Ethiop Med J 1996;34:65-71.
24. NIH Consensus Development Panel on Helicobacter pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease. Helicobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease. JAMA 1994;272:65-9.
25. Veldhuyzen Van Zanten SJO, Tytgat KMAJ, Pollak PT, et al. Can severity of symptoms be used as an outcome measure in trials of non-ulcer dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis? J Clin Epidemiol 1993;46:273-9.