The study of Helicobacter pylori among digestive system disorders in Kirkuk city and relationship with blood group

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is one of the enteric bacteria that cause stomach disease and it’s the maine causes of stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer , this study conducted the relation ship between H.pylori and the patients blood groups in Kirkuk city . Out of ( 168 ) samples from patients with digestive system disturbance of both 54(%59.38) and 37(%51.39) showed positive among males and females respectively . Regarding the residence (%70.10( of positive cases were from urban and (%36.61) were from rural . The highest positive results observed among blood group O 25 (%43.85) among male 20(%54.05) among female followed by blood group A 15(%26.31) male 8(%21.62) female and in blood group B 12(%21.05) in male 6(%16.21) among female and in blood group AB 5(%6.77) in male 3(%8.10) in female