Sunday, December 2, 2018

Frequency Distribution and Risk Factors of #HelicobacterPylori Infection in Patients with #GastricProblems in Mardan Pakistan by Sahib Gul Afridi in BJSTR

Abstract

#Helicobacterpylori (H. pylori) are a common #chronicinfection that is responsible for causing several #gastroduodenaldiseases and accounts for 84.3% of Gastric Cancer. The proposed study aimed at finding frequency of H. pylori infection and its associated risk factors in patients with gastric problems from Mardan, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan. We carried out a cross-sectional study that included 200 subjects of age groups 11-50 years who underwent screening method of Immune #ChromatographicTechnique (ICT) in major hospitals of Mandan city. Results showed that 94 (47%) subjects were found positive for H. pylori in which males were 63 (67%) and females were 31 (33%).

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