| publication name | Study of the Helicobacter pylori infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shereef A. Eisa a , Gehan F. Almehy a , Hisham A. Eisa b , Maha Z. Omar c , Tarek S. Essawy a , Amal A. Abou Elnass a, |
| year | 2016 |
| keywords | H. pylori; COPD; CagA; IgG |
| journal | Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis |
| volume | 65 |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | 567-571 |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Abstract Background: COPD may be associated with other systemic diseases including cardiovas- cular diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis and peptic ulceration and Helicobacter pylori infection seems to be the main cause of PUD. Aims: The aim of this work is to study the association of H. pylori infection in chronic obstruc- tive pulmonary disease (COPD). Subject and methods: This study was performed on 80 subjects. They were classified into two groups: Group I: 65 COPD patients. Group II: 20 healthy control subjects. COPD was diagnosed according to the Global Initiative for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admitted at chest department of Benha University Hospital. Results: It shows that seropositivity of anti-H. pylori IgG and anti-CagA IgG was higher in COPD patients than in controls with a highly statistically significant difference (p =0.009 and 0.047 respectively). Also the IgG level of H. pylori positive cases and CagA positive cases was higher in the COPD group than in the control group with a highly statistically significant difference (p= 0.027 and 0.0001 respectively). Conclusion: The present study suggests that patients with COPD have an increased seropreva- lence of Hp infection