DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF MICROSCOPIC EXAM AND UREASE TEST IN HELICOBACTER SPECIES INFECTIONS

Authors have followed-up the presence of Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter heilmannii in 4818 gastric mucosa biopsies in children with upper dispeptic manifestations, by microscopic examination of Gram fuchsin stained smear and Giemsa stained histological sections and by pre-formed urease test. Prevalence of these infections was 45.4% and 0.8% respectively, being assessed the endoscopic and histopathological aspects of studied cases. Classification on age groups of these ethiologies showed the predominance of positive cases after 10 years age. None of the investigated cases showed simultaneous presence of the two species.