Volume 12, Number 1—January 2006
Letter
Helicobacter pylori and Immunocompromised Children
Prakaimuk Nutpho* and Nuthapong Ukarapol*
Table
Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test results in immunocompromised children and primary diagnosis*
| Primary diagnosis | H. pylori stool antigen test |
|
|---|---|---|
| No. positive | No. negative | |
| Malignancy | ||
| Leukemia | 8 | 21 |
| Lymphoma | 2 | 3 |
| Neuroblastoma | 0 | 7 |
| Retinoblastoma | 0 | 2 |
| Nonmalignancy | ||
| Nephrotic syndrome | 1 | 8 |
| SLE | 0 | 6 |
| Chronic renal failure | 1 | 1 |
*SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.
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