Detection of Helicobacter pylori in adenotonsiller tissue specimens by rapid urease test and polymerase chain reaction

Eyigor M., EYIGOR H., Gultekin B., Aydan N.

EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY, vol.266, no.10, pp.1611-1613, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 266 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00405-008-0903-6
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1611-1613
  • Keywords: Helicobacter pylori, Adenotonsillectomy, Polymerase chain reaction, Rapid urease test, POSITIVE BACTERIA, OTITIS-MEDIA, COLONIZATION, CHILDREN
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

In recent studies, there have been many arguments concerning Helicobacter pylori being reservoir in adenotonsillar tissue. In this study, our objective was to detect whether adenoid and/or tonsillar tissue of patients diagnosed with chronic adenotonsillitis was a reservoir for H. pylori. This study was performed with 47 patients with the diagnosis of chronic tonsillitits and adenoid hypertrophy. Helicobacter pylori was searched by rapid urease test (RUT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Presence of H. pylori glmM gene (formerly named as ureC gene) was tested using ureC and ureC2 primers. Fifty-five specimens used in the study were made up of 35 adenoid and 20 tonsil tissues. Rapid urease test was positive in three (5.5%) specimens. Helicobacter pylori was not detected in any of the patients by PCR. Further studies are needed to clarify the possible role of H. pylori in upper aerodigestive tract diseases such adenotonsillitis.