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  • The evaluation of nasal mucociliary clearance in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection

  • S Üstün Bezgin, T Çakabay, K Irak, M Koçyiğit, B Serin Keskineğe, S Giran Örtekin
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 133 / Issue 3 / March 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    06 February 2019, pp. 220-223
    Print publication:
    March 2019
  • Objective

    This study aimed to examine nasal mucociliary clearance time in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection.

    Methods

    Fifty patients who were newly diagnosed with H pylori infection using gastric biopsy in the gastroenterology out-patient clinic, and 50 age- and gender-matched healthy adults who were admitted to the otorhinolaryngology out-patient clinic, were included in this study. After an otorhinolaryngological examination (anterior rhinoscopy and nasal endoscopic examination), the nasal mucociliary clearance time of each subject was calculated using the saccharine test.

    Results

    The mean mucociliary clearance time was 06:29 ± 3:31 minutes (range, 00:55–15:19 minutes) in the control group and 10:12 ± 06:09 minutes (range, 01:28–32:00 minutes) in the study group. Comparisons of the two groups revealed a statistically significant difference (p = 0.002).

    Conclusion

    Nasal mucociliary clearance time was significantly increased in patients with H pylori infection. The results suggest that H pylori infection may have an unfavourable effect on nasal mucociliary clearance.