Helicobacter pylori infection in rehabilitation staff younger than 35 years: Infection surveillance for three years
| Autor: | Daisuke Ochi, Kazuto Ikezawa, Atsuko Soeda, Kentaro Iwai, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Kouichirou Otsuka, Hideo Suzuki, Takeshige Kanamori, Mariko Kobayashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
medicine.medical_specialty Helicobacter pylori infection Rehabilitation business.industry Health Policy medicine.medical_treatment Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Prevalence Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Epidemiology Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Cancer development Young adult business Infection surveillance |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infection Prevention. 20:240-245 |
| ISSN: | 1757-1782 1757-1774 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1757177419852669 |
| Popis: | Background: Screening for Helicobacter pylori infection is important because of the high risk of gastric cancer development. The H. pylori carrier rate among elderly Japanese patients is still high; therefore, rehabilitation (RH) workers who are in frequent contact with such individuals could be assumed to be at a higher risk of H. pylori infection. Aim/Objective: We surveyed RH workers to investigate the initial occurrence of H. pylori infections in adults. Methods: Urine samples of RH workers aged < 35 years were screened for H. pylori antibodies to confirm infection. H. pylori infection rates were stratified according to the type of RH work and duration of employment. Infection surveillance was performed at six-month intervals for H. pylori-negative individuals. Findings/Results: The H. pylori infection rate among 173 workers was 16.8%. Infection rates were 26.3%, 16.3% and 15.3% among speech, occupational and physiotherapists, respectively. The employment duration was divided into < 24, 24–47, 48–60 and ⩾ 61 months; the respective infection rates were 5.0%, 12.0%, 17.6% and 28.6%. However, no new H. pylori infection was detected in a total of seven surveillance studies of H. pylori-negative workers over a three-year period. Discussion: The results of the initial examination showed that the infection rate increased with the duration of employment. However, subsequent surveillance detected no new H. pylori infections. |
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