Volume 12, Number 1—January 2006
Letter
Helicobacter pylori and Immunocompromised Children
Table
Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test results in immunocompromised children and primary diagnosis*
Primary diagnosis | H. pylori stool antigen test |
|
---|---|---|
No. positive | No. negative | |
Malignancy | ||
Leukemia | 8 | 21 |
Lymphoma | 2 | 3 |
Neuroblastoma | 0 | 7 |
Retinoblastoma | 0 | 2 |
Nonmalignancy | ||
Nephrotic syndrome | 1 | 8 |
SLE | 0 | 6 |
Chronic renal failure | 1 | 1 |
*SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.