TY - JOUR ID - TI - The possible cancer risk factor of Helicobacter pylori infections in immunocompromised children AU - Amer Naes Amer 1 , Janan G. Hassan 1 , Ihsan E. Al-Saimary 2 PY - 2017 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 248 EP - 254 JO - Iraqi Journal of Biotechnology المجلة العراقية للتقانات الحياتية SN - 18154794 25207245 AB - The frequency of Helicobacter pylori in children with malignancy was evaluate in the present study. Among 51 children included in the study ,29 of them are in malignancy group (79.3% of them having positive one step diagnostic test) ,while 22 children were control group (54.5% of them having positive one step diagnostic test). H.pylori infection was significantly higher in the malignancy group compared to the control group(P<0.05) ; 44.8% having positive culture for H.pylori ,while only 18.2% of control having positive culture for H.pylori. the results showed that there is no significant association between H.pylori and the type of cancer with P > 0.05. And there is a significant association between H.pylori and age more than 5 years with p< 0.05 which is statistically significant among patient groups. results also showed that there is no significant association between H.pylori and sex among both patients and control groups with P> 0.05.

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