[The diagnosis of Helicobacter infections in patients with gastric and duodenal peptic ulcers]

Abstract

The results of the study of 33 patients having gastroduodenal peptic ulcer, with 9 of them subjected to surgical treatment, are presented. The diagnostics of Helicobacter infection was made with the use of bacteriological and biochemical assays. The study revealed that in the overwhelming majority of cases peptic ulcer was associated with the presence of H.pylori, and the most informative method for the diagnostics of H.pylori infection was the bacteriological study of biopsies from the pyloric antrum characterized by the highest degree of massive contamination. The determination of ammonia concentration by biochemical assay with the use of Aerotest was most suitable for the diagnostics of H.pylori infection in patients with a short history of peptic ulcer.