Application of Stool Antigen Test for Monitoring Helicobacter Pylori Among Human in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region/Iraq

Abstract

Objective: This work was connected to screen Helicobacter pylori among human in Erbil Governorate by using stool antigen test (SAT).Methods: In a clean and sterile container, three hundred stool samples were collected from both sexes during the period from July-December 2017. Samples were collected from 150 males at the rural and an urban area in equal number, similarly 150 females same areas. The collected samples were tested in Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathological Analysis using One-Step H. pylori Antigen Test Kit.Results: The obtained results shown that the prevalence of H. pylori in total samples were (11.3%). The rate of infection among females were (12.7%) compared to (10.0%) of male infection rate. According to the age wise of the patients (11-20, 51-60 and above 60 y) results showed that the H. pylori antigen rates were (16.3%, 11.9%, and 13.6%) respectively that mean the high rate of infection was varied. According to habitation, the high rate of H. pylori among males was 12.0% and 8.0% in rural and urban area consecutively. While the occurrence rate of H. pylori antigen among female was high 14.7% in rural area, compared to 10.7% in the female of the urban area. The proportion of H. pylori antigen rate in September, December and October were (16.0%, 14.0%, and 12.0%) respectively.Conclusion: From this study, we concluded that the prevalence of H. pylori among human in Erbil Governorate was high, and the infection takes place in the early years of life. The significance of public health risks was discussed.

Seroprevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection among Patients with Gastroduodenal Disorders in Erbil City

“…This is comparable with other studies in which H. pylori infection has been reported such as 55.8% in Erbil city [28], 55.8% in Tikrit city [15], 51.2% in Sulaimani city [35], and 54.5% in Basrah city [18], while higher percentage than our findings were observed in Baghdad-Iraq and Mosul-Iraq (71.3%) and (61.32%), respectively [26], [8]. In addition, lower H. pylori prevalence rates have been reported by11.3% in Erbil-Iraq [11] and 28% in Duhok-Iraq [45]. These differences could be clarified by the patient's age and health, amount of specimens, population cultural practices, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, testing methods and geographic allocation [7], [44].…”

Detection of Helicobacterpylori Antigens among Patients with Gastroenteritis in Erbil City, Iraq

“…The current study showed that the overall proportion of infection with H. pylori causing gastroenteritis was 79/300 (26.33%), as illustrated in [ Figure 2]. This result is comparable to other studies where the occurrence of H. pylori infection was reported as 24.3% in Uganda (Aitila et al, 2018), 25% in Jordan (Abu-sbeih et al, 2014), 26.1% in Mosul-Iraq (Qibi and Abdulla, 2008;Ali, 2018), 27% in Sikkim-India (Dhakal and Dhakal, 2018), and 28% in Duhok-Iraq (Yahya, 2018), while higher rates than our results were recorded in Pakistan, Iran, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria (47%), (61.87%), (64.39%), (71.33%), and (81.7%), respectively (Nawaz et al, 2018;Reiisi et al, 2017;Kouitcheu Mabeku et al, 2018;Alhussaini, 2016;Bello et al, 2018 Al-Mashhadany, 2018;Awuku et al, 2017;Ansari et al, 2016;Al-Mashhadany and Mayass, 2018). These variations could be explained by age and health conditions of the patients, number of samples, social habits of the population, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, diagnostic techniques, and geographical distribution (Alhussaini, 2016;Tsongo et al, 2015).…”

“…Concerning the prevalence of H. pylori infection in Iraq, 51% in Hilla city (Al-Sabary et al, 2017), 55.8% in Tikrit city (Alsamarai et al, 2017), 39.2%, 59.2%, and71.3% in Baghdad city (Al-Jubori et al, 2016;Al-Mossawei et al, 2016;Gutef, 2016), 26.1% and 61.32% in Mosul city (Qibi and Abdulla, 2008;Ali, 2018), 51.2% in Sulaimani city (Mohammed et al, 2017), 49.62% in Kirkuk city (Abdul Razaq et al, 2017), 54.5% in Basrah city (Amer et al, 2014), 51.11% in Misan city (Alhashimi et al, 2017), 28% in Duhok city (Yahya, 2018), and finally in Erbil were 11.3% and 55.8% (Al-Mashhadany, 2018;Hussen et al, 2013) were recorded.…”

The Effect of Probiotic Supplement as Adjuvant Therapy on Dyspeptic Symptoms and Quality of Life during Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy in a Sample of Iraqi Patients with Peptic Ulcer Disease

“…After 8 weeks of treatment, there was highly significant increase in the eight domains of the SF-8 score (PF, RP, BP, GH, VT, SF, RE, MH, PCS and MCS) in all 4 groups compared to pretreatment (P˂0.01), but no significant difference between the study groups after treatment was noticed (P˃0.05) (Figure 1) In the present study and in other studies, both genders have a higher rate of infection with H. pylori microrganism with slight predominance towards male patients in this study and others [10,11] , or towards female gender in other studies [12][13][14] . Moreover, H. pylori infection mostly presents within (21-40) years age groups in this study, and a lower prevalence rate of H. pylori infection was noticed in the elderly among all study groups.…”