[The assessment of the degree of the colonization of the gastric mucosa by Helicobacter pylori and of the gastritis and duodenitis activity in duodenal peptic ulcer in different age groups].

The article contains intriguing data on the difference in H. pylori extents of growth in the gastric antrum mucosa of patients at various ages with duodenal ulcer (DU). A comparative evaluation was done of extents of growth, average antibody titre, and activity of gastritis of the body of antral gastritis and duodenitis in different age groups in DU. The author has come to the conclusion that in the given population, H. pylori extents of growth and activity of antral gastritis and duodenitis in DU young subjects are not lower but even higher than in those at later ages.