PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER
PYLORİ IN 106 POSTMORTEM HUMAN STOMACHS
Sayrak H, Cingil
H, Sari H, Asirdizer M, Yavuz MS, Hayran O.
Virchows Archive Official Journal of the European Society of Pathology.
1999; 435(3): 240.
ABSTRACT
Aims: Our purpose was to determine the prevalence and distribution of Helicobacter
Pylori infection and its relationship to gastritis. Methods: Stomach was collected from corpses of sudden death, which were
brought to the Council of Forensic Medicine, in Istanbul. Who hadn't received prolonged medical treatment before death was
included. 106 cases aged 3 to 83 years were examined. Four tissue specimens were obtained from predetermined sites from each
postmortem stomach and examined for histological gastritis. The infection was confirmed by finding Helicobacter Pylori on
Giemsa-stained paraffin block sections. Helicobacter Pylori infection, inflammation in the mucosa, ages; sexes, prior symptoms
and social status of the subjects were evaluated. Results: 89 % of subjects were infected and 94.7 % showed histological gastritis
(p: 0.0063).
Key words: Postmortem, Helicobacter Pylori.