Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis at the North of Jordan

Helicobacter pylori was isolated from different gastric patients at the north of jordan. cultural and histological studies revealed a positive h. pylori infection in 78% of the collected samples. clinical diagnosis showed that 21.6% of h. pylori patients were suffering from gastroduodenitis. histological examination of collected mucosa showed that 67% of h. pylori positive patients were having acute and chronic gastritis, whereas 18.3% and 15% of them were suffering from intestinal metaplasia and atrophy, respectively. so, the highest specificity was 84% which was seen in histology results compared to microscopy. however, 58% of infected persons were males and the highest incidence of infection was found in the age 25- 35 years old. isolated h. pylori cells were found sensitive to tetracycline, amoxicillin and clarithromycin with an mic of 0.15, 0.12 and 0.015 μg/ml, respectively.