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Prevalence of <i>Helicobacter Pylori</i> Infection among Egyptian patients with hypothyroidism and its relation to treatment resistance in Beni-Suef Governorate

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Background and rationale: Hypothyroidism is a common condition of thyroid hormone deficiency, which is readily diagnosed and managed but potentially fatal in severe cases if untreated. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been associated with an increased risk of thyroid diseases (TDs) and it may cause some sort of mal absorption to thyroxine replacement therapy causing a treatment refractory state. Aim of work: The aim of the work is to estimate the prevalence of H. pylori in hypothyroid patients and its relation to unresponsiveness to treatment. Patients and method: We analyzed 211 hypothyroid patient on treatment. We estimate stool antigen for H. pylori and correlate it with other parameters in hypothyroid patients. Results:  Two hundred and eleven (211) patients were included in this study, of these, 101/211 (47.9%) were euthyroid on treatment and 110/211 (52.1%) had refractory hypothyroidism with high dose of LT4. The mean age of patients in our study was 55.67 ± 13.53 years, with 151 (71.6%) female patients.  In the current study, we noticed that prevalence of H. pylori was higher in treatment refractory hypothyroidism than euthyroid patients. Conclusions: This study suggested that there is a significant association between H. pylori infection and treatment-refractory hypothyroidism. And eradication of H. pylori may help in overcoming the issue of resistant to thyroxine therapy.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2023.249166.1664

Keywords

H pylori, refractory hypothyroidism, stool antigen, Thyroxine

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Gamal

Affiliation

Internal medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Email

mohamedgm1988@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-2954-9107

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Hamdy

Affiliation

Clinical and chemical pathology department, Faculty of medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Email

emanhamdy@med.bsu.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Shaker

MiddleName

Abdallah

Affiliation

Tropical medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Email

marwa.abdelbari@med.bsu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Othman

MiddleName

Kamal

Affiliation

Internal medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Email

kmona3025@gmail.com

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Volume

5

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

45807

Issue Date

2024-02-01

Receive Date

2023-11-16

Publish Date

2024-02-01

Page Start

178

Page End

184

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_329257.html

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of <i>Helicobacter Pylori</i> Infection among Egyptian patients with hypothyroidism and its relation to treatment resistance in Beni-Suef Governorate

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25 Dec 2024