English abstract
Objectives: To detect the prevalence of H. pylori in patients with
gastritis B.
Methods: This study involved 58 patients (group A) with
gastritis B attending the Al-Sadder teaching hospital from
January to November 2008. 120 of family's patients (group
B) and normal 20 people, 10 males 10 females (group C) were
taken as controls for presence of H. pylori infection in general
population. Endoscopy was carried for all patients to diagnose
gastritis B. Urease, ELISA test, and culturing on Columbia agar
used to detect the presence of H. pylori in these patients
Results: Fifty-eight patients; 30 males (51.7%) and 28 females
(48.3%) were infected with gastritis B. The results showed that
81% of the patients gave positive results of serum IgG anti body.
Conclusion: The results showed that for screening and determining
the clinical features of gastritis B, at least two methods for H.
pylori are required to give positive result at the same time for the
same patient, in order to identify an infected patient with from
H. pylori.
