[The particularity of Helicobacter pylori chronic gastritis in the west center of Tunisia].

Background: The Helicobacter pylori (HP) is strongly associated with chronic gastritis. The aim of our study was to determine prevalence of the HP chronic gastritis in the west center of Tunisia and to clarify the clinical and the histological particularities of this infection.

Methods: it is a prospectif study carried out from September 2002 to July 2005 and had included 352 patients.