Table 2 Comparison between intestinal microbiota and the presence of H. pylori in the school-age patients from a community in San Pablo, Cajamarca, Peru
Total | PCR results for H. pylori | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||||||
Presence of intestinal microbiota (n/%) | |||||||
Yes | 32 | 57.1 | 20 | 71.43 | 12 | 42.86 | 0.029 |
No | 24 | 42.9 | 8 | 28.57 | 16 | 57.14 | |
Mean N of bacteria (mean/RI) | |||||||
Bacterial microbiota | 2 | 0–6 | 4 | 0–7 | 0 | 0–4 | 0.033 |
No of bacteria (n/%) | |||||||
0–2 bacteria | 29 | 51.8 | 10 | 35.71 | 19 | 67.86 | 0.016 |
3–9 bacteria | 27 | 48.2 | 18 | 64.29 | 9 | 32.14 | |
Identified bacteria (n/%) | |||||||
Actinobacteria | 3 | 5.4 | 3 | 10.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.118 |
Bacteroides | 7 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 25.0 | 0.005 |
Bacteroidetes | 14 | 25.0 | 10 | 35.7 | 4 | 14.3 | 0.061 |
Bifidobacterium | 10 | 17.9 | 6 | 21.4 | 4 | 14.3 | 0.364 |
Clostridium | 17 | 30.4 | 12 | 42.9 | 5 | 17.9 | 0.040 |
Enterococcus | 6 | 10.7 | 5 | 17.9 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.096 |
Eubacterium | 17 | 30.4 | 10 | 35.7 | 7 | 25.0 | 0.281 |
Firmicutes | 20 | 35.7 | 16 | 57.1 | 4 | 14.3 | 0.001 |
Fusobacterium | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.500 |
Lactobacillus | 21 | 37.5 | 13 | 46.4 | 8 | 28.6 | 0.135 |
Prevotella | 22 | 39.3 | 16 | 57.1 | 6 | 21.4 | 0.006 |
Proteobacteria | 30 | 53.6 | 20 | 71.4 | 10 | 35.7 | 0.008 |
Veillonella | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.1 | 0.245 |