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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, May 2002, p. 736-737, Vol. 9, No. 3
1071-412X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.3.736-737.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Helicobacter pylori Seroprevalence in Asymptomatic Pregnant Women in France

N. Kalach,1,2 J. Desramé,3,4 C. Bonnet,3 P. Commegeille,5 D. Couturier,3 S. Chaussade,3 P. Hance,6 C. Dupont,1 and J. Raymond7*

Departments of Pediatric Gastroenterology,1 Microbiology,7 Gastroenterology,3 Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Université René Descarte, Paris V, Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Université Catholique, Lille,2 Departments of Gastroenterology,4 Maternity and Obstetrics,5 Biology, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, Paris, France6

Received 16 January 2002/ Accepted 12 February 2002

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the incidence of Helicobacter pylori seropositivity in two different populations of asymptomatic pregnant women from different geographic origins during two separate time periods. A retrospective study of consecutive sera obtained from 169 and 302 asymptomatic pregnant women in 1990 and 1999, respectively, was carried out. The global H. pylori seroprevalences for 1990 and 1999 were 21.3 and 21.5% (where P is nonsignificant), respectively. For both periods the H. pylori seroprevalences were significantly higher in non-French pregnant women (66.6 and 50.6%) than in French pregnant women (18.7 and 11.2%) (P = 0.01 and 0.001, respectively). H. pylori seroprevalence in French pregnant women decreased significantly from the first period (18.7%) to the second one (11.2%) (P = 0.03).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France. Phone: 33 1 40 48 81 11. Fax: 33 1 40 48 83 18. E-mail: j.raymond{at}svp.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, May 2002, p. 736-737, Vol. 9, No. 3
1071-412X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.3.736-737.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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