Significant decrease of the Helicobacter pylori infection in Budapest

Introduction: Between 1989 and 1995 (A) on the basis of 2151 patients (PTS) we could report on the frequency of infection (INF) with Helicobacter pylori (HP) in North-Pest (GUT Suppl. No. 2. Vol. 39, 1996. A84). Ten years later in the similar period of time between 1999 and 2004 (B) we elaborated the data of 3415 PTS who underwent an endoscopically experiment at our first clinical test because of their stomach aches and there had been the first such examinations (EX) in them. Methods: The detection of HP was histological EX (by staining s. Warthin-Starry or Giemsa) and/or Urease Breath Test or cultivation. The f…