<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> in Meckel’s diverticulum with heterotopic gastric mucosa in a population with relatively high <i>H. pylori</i> prevalence rate

Abstract

The absence of H. pylori in all the Meckel's diverticula examined, even when the stomach was heavily colonized by the organisms, suggests that colonization of Meckel's diverticulum by H. pylori is a rare event. This, together with the overall rarity of H. pylori in all reported series of Meckel's diverticulum, argues against its causative role in complications of Meckel's diverticulum.