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ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2015

Prevalence of H. Pylori in Tonsillar Tissue of Patients with Chronic Recurrent Tonsillitis Using Rapid Urease Test in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Sub Saharan Africa.

O Peter Ochung'o, P Mugwe, P Masinde, W Waweru

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Article in Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association of Helicobacter Pylori in Chronic Tonsillitis.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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  2. To Evaluate the Role ofIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

O Peter Ochung'oDepartment of Ear, Nose and Throat Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nairobi, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya ; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 580-00600, Nairobi, Kenya.
P MugweDepartment of Ear, Nose and Throat Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nairobi, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya.
P MasindeDepartment of Ear, Nose and Throat Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nairobi, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya.
W WaweruDepartment of Pathology, University of Nairobi, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya.
University of Nairobi · KE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been conflicting results regarding the presence of H. pylori in tonsillar tissue. Our objective was to analyze for the presence of H. pylori in tonsillar tissue in patients undergoing tonsillectomy for chronic recurrent tonsillitis using rapid urease test in a Tertiary care academic medical center in a sub Saharan hospital. A prospective cross-sectional analysis of 39 consecutive cases of patients undergoing tonsillectomy secondary to chronic recurrent tonsilitis was done. Rapid urease test was conducted on each tonsillectomy tissue and results were determined using color change at specific time intervals within 24 h. Average age of the patients was 4.3 years. Among the 39 tonsillar tissues analysed using rapid urease test, H. pylori was present in 30.5 % of the samples. Colonisation by H. pylori of the palatine tonsils is a new frontier with conflicting results depending on the accuracy of the test method used and population studied. More studies need to be performed to ascertain the different rates of colonisation based on geographical regions.

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Chronic recurrent tonsillitisH. pyloriRapid urease test

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PMID26405654
PMCPMC4575662
OpenAlexW2015002032

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