Helicobacter Pylori and Acute Alcohol Induced Pancreatitis
Helicobacter Pylori and Acute Alcohol Induced Pancreatitis
This study is performed to measure wether Helicobacter Pylori has an effect on the incidence
 and course of acute alcohol induced pancreatitis
A recent pilot study unexpectedly discovered, that Helicobacter pylori infection was rare in
 patients having their first acute alcohol induced pancreatitis (AAIP) when compared to
 subjects with similar alcohol use but no history of pancreatitis. This subject has not been
 studied in humans until now. Therefore we seek to study, with a larger material, wether AAIP
 is associated with lower prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, by measuring the antibodies
 against Helicobacter pylori from the sera of AAIP patients and from a control group of
 alcoholics with no history of AAIP.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Acute alcohol pancreatitis (first)

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Death during hospitalization