Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in hepatitis with cirrhosis C virus positive patients

BackgrounrVAims: Liver cirrhosis is a significant cause of death in Italy and one of the most frequent causes of hospitalization. Acute peptic ulcer and upper gastrointestinal bleeding reportedly occur in over one-third of cirrhotic patients. Since Helicobacter pyfori (H. pylori) infection strongly correlates with peptic ulcer, we sought to ascertain the prevalence of H. pylovi infection in cirrhotic patients. Metltods: In a case-control study, we examined 254 consecutive patients (127 male and 127 female, age range 30-82 years) suffering from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis and 463 sex- and agematched patients admitted to the Department of Emergency Care of our hospital (254 male, 209 fe