Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr Virus Co-Infection in Polish Patients with Gastric Cancer – A Pilot Study

Dzikowiec Magdalena; Lik Przemysław; Kiszałkiewicz Justyna; Kuczyńska Aleksandra; Mordalski Marek; Nejc Dariusz; Piekarski Janusz; Brzeziańska-Lasota Ewa; Pastuszak-Lewandoska Dorota

doi:10.33073/pjm-2022-004

Polish Journal of Microbiology (Feb 2022)

Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr Virus Co-Infection in Polish Patients with Gastric Cancer – A Pilot Study

Dzikowiec Magdalena,
Lik Przemysław,
Kiszałkiewicz Justyna,
Kuczyńska Aleksandra,
Mordalski Marek,
Nejc Dariusz,
Piekarski Janusz,
Brzeziańska-Lasota Ewa,
Pastuszak-Lewandoska Dorota

Affiliations

Dzikowiec Magdalena: Department of Biomedicine and Genetics, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Lik Przemysław: 2nd Oncological Surgery Ward – Oncologic Surgery Clinic, Provincial Multispeciality Center of Oncology and Traumatology named after M. Kopernik in Lodz, Lodz, Pola
Kiszałkiewicz Justyna: Department of Biomedicine and Genetics, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Kuczyńska Aleksandra: Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medical Immunology, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Mordalski Marek: Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Nejc Dariusz: 2nd Oncological Surgery Ward – Oncologic Surgery Clinic, Provincial Multispeciality Center of Oncology and Traumatology named after M. Kopernik in Lodz, Lodz, Pola
Piekarski Janusz: 2nd Oncological Surgery Ward – Oncologic Surgery Clinic, Provincial Multispeciality Center of Oncology and Traumatology named after M. Kopernik in Lodz, Lodz, Pola
Brzeziańska-Lasota Ewa: Department of Biomedicine and Genetics, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Pastuszak-Lewandoska Dorota: Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medical Immunology, Chair of Biology and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2022-004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 71, no. 1
pp. 123 – 129

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The infectious agents may be the etiological factor of up to 15–20% of cancers. In stomach cancer, attention is paid to Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr virus, both of which cause gastritis and can lead to tumor development. In co-infection, the inflammatory process is much more intense. We assessed the seroprevalence towards H. pylori and EBV in 32 patients with diagnosed gastric cancer. H. pylori antibodies were found in 69% patients, and anti-EBV – in all of them. The study confirmed that co-infection of H. pylori and EBV seems to be important in etiopathology of gastric cancer.

Published in Polish Journal of Microbiology

ISSN: 1733-1331 (Print); 2544-4646 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciendo.com/journal/PJM

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