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Investigation of the association between glaucoma and Helicobacter pylori infection using the 14C-urea breath test.
EA. Tuzcu, F. Aydogan, VK. Motor, O. Ilhan, MC. Daglıoglu, M. Coskun, N. Parlakfikirer, U. Keskin
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2015 Jul-Aug;78(4):229-31.
PubMed: 26375337
Abstract
To investigate the association between glaucoma and Helicobacter pylori infection by evaluating for the presence of H. pylori infection in patients with glaucoma using the 14C-urea breath test (14C-UBT). Using 14C-UBT, H. pylori infection positivity was compared between a group of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and a control group with normal intraocular pressure and a normal optic disc or normal perimetry. The 14C-UBT was positive in 18 (51.42%) out of 35 patients in the glaucoma group and in 15 (42.85%) out of 35 patients in the control group. H. pylori infection positivity rates were similar between the glaucoma and control groups (p>0.05). According to the 14C-UBT, there is no association between primary open-angle glaucoma and H. pylori infection.
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Urea | 1130 |