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Abstract
Helicobacter pylori is a microerophilic gram negative organism. It
is a cause of peptic ulcer disease and known to be associated with other
gastrointestinal disorders.
Recently, it is assumed that H. pylori organism is associated with a
wide variety of exfcra-gastrointestinal diseases e.g. coronary heart
diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, urticaria, and other diseases.
Bronchiectasis is a debilitating disease and the affected patients
suffer from distressing regular sputum production, hemoptysis, and
recurrent infective exacerbations.
Recently high seroprevalence of H. pylori with bronchiectasis has
been detected.
The aim of this work was to investigate the role of H, pylori in
bronchiectasis.
This study was conducted on 20 bronchiectatic patients ( 12 males
and 8 females ) with a mean age 53.75 ± 12.48 years. Ten apparently
healthy individuals serving as controls ( 7 males and 3 females ) with a
mean age 48.1 ± 13.39 years. The bronchiectatic patients were subjected
to complete history taking and physical eKaminatiou, routine laboratory
investigations, sputum examination ( culture, Z.N. staining and urease
test), plain chest X-ray, CT scan of me chest, upper gastrointestinal