PEDIATRICS Vol. 91 No. 6 June 1993, pp. 1217
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Helicobacter pylori in Children With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

U. BLECKER MD1, K. KEYMOLEN MD1, H. SOUAYAH MD2, J. LEVY MD, PHD2, and Y. VANDENPLAS MD, PHD3

1 Dept of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Academic Children's Hospital, Free University of Brussels, 1090 Brussels, Belgium, and Dept of Pediatrics, Hôpital Universitaire Saint Pierre, 1000 Brussels
2 Dept of Pediatrics, Hôpital Universitaire Saint Pierre, 1000 Brussels
3 Dept of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Academic Children's Hospital, Free University of Brussels, 1090 Brussels, Belgium

To the Editor.—

It has been demonstrated that the presence of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis is rare in adults with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).1 To investigate the prevalence of H pylori infection in pediatric AIDS patients, we examined 19 children, aged 1 to 14 years (mean age 5 years 11 months), of mainly central African ethnic origin. They were compared to an asymptomatic control population of comparable age (n = 52; mean age = 5 years, 10 months) and ethnic origin.