FREQUENCY OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION AND GIARDIASIS IN CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DYSPEPTIC SYNDROME ACCORDING TO THE FECAL IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD

Abstract

Aims. To establish the incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection and giardiasis in children of different age groups with abdominal pain and dyspeptic syndrome immunochromatographic method. Materials and methods. The coprological material from 407 children of different age, aimed at examination by gastroenterologist and allergist, who have a history of abdominal pain and dyspeptic syndrome, was studied: 215 people were examined for Helicobacter infection, 192 people for giardiasis. The study was conducted by non-invasive methods with the help of immunochromatographic tests of ICT Helicontest (NOVAmed, Israel) and RIDA® QUICK Giardia (R-Biopharm AG, Germany). The examined groups were divided into five age subgroups, separated according to the conventional periodization of human ontogenesis. Results. Invasion of Giardia detected in 27 (14,1%) of the 192 examined, the infection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) was diagnosed in 65 (30, 2%) of the 215 patients of preschool and school age. It is shown that in early childhood and the second childhood (1–3 years and 10–12 years) recorded the maximum frequency of giardiasis (p<0,05), in the age dynamics of infection of H. pylori, no statistically significant differences were found, however, H. pylori infection is not diagnosed in children up to 3 years. The data obtained can be used in practice, doctors gastroenterologists, allergists and pediatricians for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection and Giardia lamblia.