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Impact of Helicobacter pylori colonization density and depth on gastritis severity
Jianxiang Peng1,2, Jinliang Xie1,2, Dingwei Liu1,2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Disease Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, 17 Yongwaizheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China.
Background And Objectives:
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is the most common etiology of chronic gastric. H. pylori gastritis would gradually evolve into gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia and malignant lesions. Herein, this study aimed to investigate the potential impact of H. pylori colonization density and depth on the severity of histological parameters of gastritis.
Methods:
A prospective monocentric study was conducted from December 2019 to July 2022, enrolling patients with confirmed chronic H. pylori infection via histopathological evaluation. H. pylori colonization status was detected by immunohistochemical staining, pathological changes of gastric specimens were detected by hematoxylin eosin staining. Epidemiological, endoscopic and histopathological data were collected.
Results:
A total of 1120 patients with a mean age of 45.8 years were included. Regardless of the previous history of H. pylori eradication treatment, significant correlations were observed between the density and depth of H. pylori colonization and the intensity of gastritis activity (all P < 0.05). Patients with the lowest level of H. pylori colonization density and depth exhibited the highest level of mild activity. In whole participants and anti-H. pylori treatment-naive participants, H. pylori colonization density and depth were markedly correlated with the severity of chronic gastritis and gastric atrophy (all P < 0.05). H. pylori colonization density (P = 0.001) and depth (P = 0.047) were significantly associated with ulcer formation in patients naive to any anti-H. pylori treatment. No significant associations were observed between the density and depth of H. pylori colonization and other histopathological findings including lymphadenia, lymphoid follicle formation and dysplasia.
Conclusions:
As the density and depth of H. pylori colonization increased, so did the activity and severity of gastritis, along with an elevated risk of ulcer formation.
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