chronic superficial gastritis

Intramucosal peptic activity may participate in the genesis of acute and chronic superficial gastritis.

Chronic superficial gastritis was seen in 12 patients and atrophic gastritis in two.

However, Pyloriset Latex identified the lowest number and the Bio-Rad GAP test diagnosed the highest number of patients with both H pylori and chronic superficial gastritis.

Twenty per cent showed no evidence of chronic gastritis, and of the 80% with chronic gastritis 53.8% showed chronic active gastritis, 19.3% chronic superficial gastritis, and 6.9% chronic atrophic gastritis (Table III).

Chronic superficial gastritis was the commonest histological abnormality regardless of NSAID intake; similar numbers of patients with this abnormality, who were also postive for H pylori, wre identified by Helico-G and Biolab Malakit compared with the standard (or biopsy related) tests.