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Autoimmune thyroid diseases and Helicobacter pylori: The correlation is present only in Graves's disease
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AIM:To investigate the correlation between autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATDs) and the prevalence of Cag-A positive strains of Helicobacter pylori (H.pylon)in stool samples.METHODS:Authors investigated 112 consecutive Caucasian patients (48 females and 4 males with Graves' disease and 54 females and 6 males with Hashimoto's thyroiditis HT),at their first diagnosis of ATDs.Authors tested for H.pylori in stool samples using an amplified enzyme immunoassay and Cag-A in serum samples using an enzyme-linked immunoassay method (ELISA).The results were analyzed using the two-sided Fisher's exact test and the respective odds ratio (OR) was calculated.RESULTS:A marked correlation was found between the presence of H.pylori (P ≤ 0.0001,OR 6.3) and,in particular,Cag-A positive strains (P ≤ 0.005,OR 5.3)in Graves' disease,but not in Hashimoto's thyroiditis,where authors found only a correlation with Cag-A strains (P ≤ 0.005,OR 8.73) but not when H.pylori was present.CONCLUSION:The marked correlation between H.pylori and Cag-A,found in ATDs,could be dependent on the different expression of adhesion molecules in the gastric mucosa.
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