Prevalence of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection and gastric intestinal metaplasia in Greek patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of the local prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is imperative in screening the population for gastric cancer. The aim of our study was to estimate the histopathological prevalence of H. pylori infection and GIM in Greek patients.

Methods

This was a single-center retrospective study. The age, sex, endoscopic diagnosis, the presence of H. pylori gastritis and the presence of either complete or incomplete GIM, were extracted from the medical reports of our study group and stored in Microsoft Excel. The analysis was focused on the epidemiologic behavior of 2 histologic diagnoses: the presence of H. pylori gastritis and GIM.

Results

H. pylori gastriti

SUBMITTER: Kouvaras SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829538 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature