TY  - JOUR
T1  - HElicobacter pylori and infantile colic
AU  - Ali A
Y1  - 2012/07/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1241
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 648
EP  - 650
VL  - 166
IS  - 7
N2  - Objective 
                  To determine whether Helicobacter pylori is associated with infantile colic.Design 
                  Case-control study.Settings 
                  Local tertiary hospital in rural Gizan, Saudi Arabia.Participants 
                  A total of 55 patients with infantile colic who were 2 weeks to 4 months of age and who fulfilled modified Wessel criteria (ie, crying and fussy behavior) and a total of 30 healthy controls with no history of colic who were matched by country of origin, age, sex, and ethnicity to the 55 colicky infants.Main Outcome Measure 
                  Helicobacter pylori infection determined by H pylori stool antigen testing.Results 
                  Of the 55 patients presenting with infantile colic, 45 (81.8%) tested positive for H pylori ; of the 30 healthy controls, 7 (23.3%) tested positive for H pylori (odds ratio, 15.3 [95% CI, 17.9-29.8]).Conclusion 
                  H pylori infection is associated with infantile colic and may be a causative factor.
SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1241
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1241
ER  -