Table 3.
Extent and degree of H pylori-related gastritis
Histological findings | Test-positive patients | Test-negative patients |
Antrum-restricted gastritis | 5 | 2 |
Pangastritis1 | 21 | 1 |
Antrum-predominant pangastritis | 1 | 1 |
Corpus-predominant pangastritis | 1 | - |
Atrophic body gastritis | - | 1 |
Total | n = 28 | n = 5 |
Equal score of inflammatory infiltrate in antrum and corpus.