Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori infection in a series of gastric biopsies in symptomatic patients at the Nouakchott Military Hospital.

Abstract

This is a retrospective study conducted at the military hospital of Nouakchott (Mauritania) and includes 118 symptomatic subjects (61 men and 57 women), with extreme ages of 17 to 82 years, the average age is 36 years. The diagnostic method used is the histological examination. The risk factors that have been sought are: age, sex, digestive symptomatology and endoscopic appearance. We found an overall prevalence of 88%. Advanced age, epigastralgia and UGD and the endoscopic appearance of nodular gastritis were associated with a high risk of infection