What is it about?
H. pylori infection is still an important concern for Bulgarian children with overall prevalence of 24.5%, although having decreased by about 1.8%/yearly over 21 years. We stress the importance of H. pylori diagnostics even in the youngest symptomatic children and we found an inverse association between either GERD or bile reflux and H. pylori infection.
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Why is it important?
Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common chronic worldwide and is usually acquired in childhood. It is a lifelong infection, if not eradicated, and can carry risks of serious diseases during aduldhood.
Perspectives
Periodic studies on the infection prevalence in children , strict hygiene measures to avoid infection transmission and new/ optimized regimens for the eradication of the infection are needed.
Lyudmila Boyanova
Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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This page is a summary of: Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori is still high among symptomatic Bulgarian children, Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, December 2018, Akademiai Kiado,
DOI: 10.1556/030.65.2018.053.
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