Features of diagnostics, clinical course and treatment of helicobacter pylori infection in children

Sergiy Nyankovsky
Olena Ivakhnenko
Lviv National Medical University
Danylo Halytskiy Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to study of endoscopic, morphologic and clinical features of the course of chronic diseases of the upper parts of digestive system associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in children. The age prevalence of gastrointestinal diseases among schoolchildren, features of their accommodation, nutrition, and education were studied using screening questionnaire. Comparative efficacy of several invasive and non-invasive Helicobacter pylori diagnostic techniques in children was tested. The diagnostic value of qualitative Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test employing and comparative efficacy of different methods of eradication therapy (triple- and quadro-) based on using bismuth containing drugs and the proton pump inhibitors were studied. The tolerance and frequency of side effects associated with the use of eradication therapy were investigated.

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