A study for the assessment of the prevalence and
significance of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), was performed
on biopsies from 12 patients with Barrett's oesophagus, 20
cases of oesophagitis and 8 without oesophageal lesion. Thirty
three percent of Barrett's oesophagus showed H. pylori in
relation to gastric metaplasia, 50% of them were associated
With acute inflammation, 25% showed, chronic active
inflammation, while 25% showed no signs of inflammation. So,
there is direct inflammatory response to C. pylori. This study
suports that H. pylori organisms are only found in the
oesophagus over gastric metaplasia and associated with
inflammatory reaction.
Sections were stained by both Diff-quick and Modified
Giemsa stain to detect H. pylori. The results using the Diffquick
stain were correlated in 100% with those using the
Modified Giemsa stain, it is also simple, rapid, easy and clean. |
