A study of the concordance between endoscopic gastritis and histological gastritis in an area with a low background prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection

The concordance between endoscopic and histological gastritis was determined in 52 patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The study was conducted in Northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, an area with a low background prevalence of H. pylori infection. Endoscopic and histological gastrit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Singapore medical journal 2002-02, Vol.43 (2), p.090-092
Hauptverfasser:	KAUR, Gurjeet, RAJ, S. Mahendra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Biological and medical sciences Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal - standards Female Gastritis - diagnosis Gastritis - pathology Helicobacter Infections - diagnosis Helicobacter Infections - epidemiology Helicobacter pylori Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Malaysia - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	The concordance between endoscopic and histological gastritis was determined in 52 patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The study was conducted in Northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, an area with a low background prevalence of H. pylori infection. Endoscopic and histological gastritis were assessed in accordance with the Sydney System. The results showed poor concordance between endoscopic and histological gastritis even after reclassifying mild endoscopic gastritis as normal. The low prevalence of H. pylori was validated in this study.
ISSN:	0037-5675