Helicobacter pylori Infection and its Potential Role in Childhood Eczema

 Helicobacter pylori Infection and its Potential Role in Childhood Eczema

To determine whether Helicobacter pylori is associated with childhood eczema. A total of 170 patients with Eczema (atopic dermatitis) who were 2 months to 7 years old and had fulfilled the American Academy of Dermatology Criteria for atopic dermatitis (AD), and a total of 160 healthy controls with no history of atopic condition were matched by country of origin, age, sex, family size, socio- demographic variables and ethnicity to the 170 atopic cases.