AIM:To detect whether there is Helicobacter pylori(Hpylori)colonization in the pharynx mucous membraneof healthy people and whether chronic pharyngitis is re-lated to Hpylori infection.METHODS:Fifty cases of chronic p...AIM:To detect whether there is Helicobacter pylori(Hpylori)colonization in the pharynx mucous membraneof healthy people and whether chronic pharyngitis is re-lated to Hpylori infection.METHODS:Fifty cases of chronic pharyngitis refrac-tory over three months were prospectively studied fromMarch 2004 to August 2004 in the otolaryngology outpa-tient department of the Second Hospital of Xi'an JiaotongUniversity.Template-directed dye-terminator incorporat-ed with fluorescence polarization detection(TDI-FP)andmodified Giemsa stain were used to examine pharynxmucous membrane tissue for Hpylori colonization in thepatients with chronic pharyngitis and the healthy peopleas a control group.RESULTS:In the control group,no people were de-tected to have Hpylori in the pharynx.In contrast,in 50cases with chronic pharyngitis,19(38.0%)cases wereH pyIori positive with a TDI-FP assay and 4(8%)caseswere TDI-FP positive with Giemsa staining in the phar-ynx.Sixteen of the 50 pharyngitis cases had stomachailment history,11 cases(68.8%)of these 16 patientswere determined to be H pylori positive in the pharynxwith the TDI-FP assay.x^2 test showed that this infectionrate was remarkably higher(P=0.0007)than that in thecases without stomach ailment history.Giemsa stainingshowed that 3 cases(18.8%)of the patients with stom-ach ailment history were infected with H pylori in the pharynx,which was remarkably higher(P=0.042)thanthat in the patients without stomach ailment history(1case,which was 2.9%).CONCLUSION:H pylori may not be detected in thepharynx of healthy people.Chronic pharyngitis maybe related to H pylori infection.The infection rate withHpylori in the pharynx is higher in patients with stomachailment histories than in patients without stomach ail-ment histories,suggesting that chronic pharyngitis maybe related to stomach ailment history.展开更多
基金Supported by a grant from the Bureau of Health in Shaanxi Province,No.2002 02D24 and grants No.NSFC30440080No.NIDCD R21 DC005846
文摘AIM:To detect whether there is Helicobacter pylori(Hpylori)colonization in the pharynx mucous membraneof healthy people and whether chronic pharyngitis is re-lated to Hpylori infection.METHODS:Fifty cases of chronic pharyngitis refrac-tory over three months were prospectively studied fromMarch 2004 to August 2004 in the otolaryngology outpa-tient department of the Second Hospital of Xi'an JiaotongUniversity.Template-directed dye-terminator incorporat-ed with fluorescence polarization detection(TDI-FP)andmodified Giemsa stain were used to examine pharynxmucous membrane tissue for Hpylori colonization in thepatients with chronic pharyngitis and the healthy peopleas a control group.RESULTS:In the control group,no people were de-tected to have Hpylori in the pharynx.In contrast,in 50cases with chronic pharyngitis,19(38.0%)cases wereH pyIori positive with a TDI-FP assay and 4(8%)caseswere TDI-FP positive with Giemsa staining in the phar-ynx.Sixteen of the 50 pharyngitis cases had stomachailment history,11 cases(68.8%)of these 16 patientswere determined to be H pylori positive in the pharynxwith the TDI-FP assay.x^2 test showed that this infectionrate was remarkably higher(P=0.0007)than that in thecases without stomach ailment history.Giemsa stainingshowed that 3 cases(18.8%)of the patients with stom-ach ailment history were infected with H pylori in the pharynx,which was remarkably higher(P=0.042)thanthat in the patients without stomach ailment history(1case,which was 2.9%).CONCLUSION:H pylori may not be detected in thepharynx of healthy people.Chronic pharyngitis maybe related to H pylori infection.The infection rate withHpylori in the pharynx is higher in patients with stomachailment histories than in patients without stomach ail-ment histories,suggesting that chronic pharyngitis maybe related to stomach ailment history.
