Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis infected and uninfected with helicobacter pylori

Plakhova Angela Octaine, Sorotskaya V. N.

As part of the research on the topic "Helicobacter pylori Infection as an aggravating factor of rheumatoid arthritis", patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are under dispensary observation in the state medical institution "GKB No. 2 of Moscow were examined.Of Tula of a name of E. G. Lazareva". All patients underwent fegds with the diagnosis of H. pylori infection by an invasive rapid test in a biopsy. The survey revealed a high infection rate of Helicobacter pylori in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - 81.5%. Considering Helicobacter pylori infection as a factor of chronic inflammation, it was interesting to see what effect this bacterium has on the course of rheumatoid arthritis in infected patients. This article provides a comparative description of the clinical and laboratory activity of rheumatoid arthritis depending on the infection with Helicobacter pylori.

Keywords:rheumatoid arthritis; infectious agents; Helicobacter pylori; clinical and laboratory activity