RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TONSILLITIS AND COLONIZATION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN TONSILLAR TISSUE
Journal Title: European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the current study is to investigate whether tonsillar tissue of patients with tonsillitis plays a reservoir role for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Background: Recently, there have been arguments regarding Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonizing tonsillar tissue. Patients and methods: This study was performed on 98 patients with diagnosis of tonsillitis, 30 (30.7%) were female and 68(69.3%) were male. Presence of H.pylori detected by rapid urease test (RUT) and Haematoxylin and Eosin technique (H&E). Results: Of all patients only 3 (2.9%) were found positive for H. pylori while 95(97.1%) of patients were negative for H.pylori using RUT. with H&E technique the colonization detected was (0%) in 60 (58.8%) of patients from both sex. Conclusion: There was no significant correlation between tonsillitis and positivity of H.pylori. Our results did not support the role of tonsils as a reservoir for H.pylori.
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Alameen Mohamed Ibrahim
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