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Does Helicobacter Pylori Protect Against Eosinophilic Esophagitis In Children?, Yoram Elitsur Md, Baraa Alabd Alrazzak, Deborah L. Preston, Yulia Demetieva
Does Helicobacter Pylori Protect Against Eosinophilic Esophagitis In Children?, Yoram Elitsur Md, Baraa Alabd Alrazzak, Deborah L. Preston, Yulia Demetieva
Yoram Elitsur
Background: Helicobacter pylori infection and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
in children seem to have a reversed association with socioeconomic status
(hygienic condition) and allergy conditions. While Hp infection (Hp) is
highly associated with poor hygiene and/or poor socioeconomic status, but
not with allergic conditions (asthma, rhinitis, etc.), EoE has the opposite
epidemiological relationship (high association with allergy but low with low
hygienic conditions).
Aim: To investigate the association between Hp infection and EoE in children.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of all children who undergo the first
upper endoscopy procedure in the gastroenterology clinic, between 2007
and 2012, was performed. Demographic, …