Esophagitis in a high H. pylori prevalence area: severe disease is rare but concomitant peptic ulcer is frequent.
BACKGROUND: Few data are available on the prevalence of Cleansing Foam erosive and severe esophagitis in Western countries.OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively determine the prevalence and the factors predicting erosive esophagitis and severe esophagitis in a large series of endoscopies in Spain.DESIGN: Retrospective observational study.A multivariate ana