Presencia de anticuerpos IgG antihelicobacter pylori en suero no se relaciona a factores de riesgo y síntomas de la enfermedad ácido-péptica en adultos jóvenes

Abstract

Aims: to determine the diagnostic value of anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies in case of clinical suspicion of acid-peptic disease in young adults. Subjects and methods: students of the Medicine School of the Central University of Ecuador who agreed to participate in an online survey and venous blood collection that was subjected to an immunoenzymatic test for antibody detection. Results: 225 participants with an average age of 20 years were included; the immunoenzomatic study was positive in 32.88% of samples. The existence of IgG anti H.pylori was not statistically related to the presence or absence of personal, family or social pathological history. The accumulation of two or three symptoms was not related to the serological finding. Conclusion: serological tests for diagnosis of gastritis or screening are not suitable for this age group, since its positivity is not related to symptoms, known risk factors of gastric infection or development of pathologies.