Helicobacter pylori infection differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Helicobacter pylori infection must be differentiated from other diseases that cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, epigastric pain and unexplained weight loss such as atrophic gastritis, GERD, gastrinoma, peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, stress-induced gastritis and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Differential Diagnosis

H.pylori infection must be differentiated from:

Disease	Cause	Symptoms									Diagnosis
		Pain			Nausea & Vomiting	Heartburn	Belching or Bloating	Weight loss	Loss of Appetite	Stools	Endoscopy findings
		Location	Aggravating Factors	Alleviating Factors
Acute gastritis	H.pylori NSAIDS Corticosteroids Alcohol Spicy food Viral infections Crohn's disease Autoimmune diseases Bile reflux Cocaine use Breathing machine or ventilator Ingestion of corrosives	Upper part of abdomen	Food	Antacids	✔	✔	✔		✔	Black stools	Pangastritis or antral gastritis Erosive (Superficial, deep, hemorrhagic) Nonerosive (H.pylori)
Chronic gastritis	H.pylori Alcohol Medications Autoimmune diseases Chronic stress	Upper part of abdomen			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		H.pylori gastritis Atrophy Intestinal metaplasia Lymphocytic gastritis Enlarged folds Aphthoid erosions
Atrophic gastritis
Crohn's disease	Autoimmune disease	Abdominal pain						✔	✔	Chronic diarrhea often bloody with pus or mucus Rectal bleeding	Mucosal nodularity with cobblestoning Multiple apthous ulcers Linier or serpiginous ulcerations Thickened antral folds Antral narrowing Hypoperistalsis Duodenal strictures
GERD
Peptic ulcer disease
Gastrinoma
Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma