Comparison of agar gel (CLOtest) or reagent strip (PyloriTek) rapid urease tests for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 997-999

  Yousfi, Mahmoud M ^a   El Zimaity, Hala M T ^a   Cole, Rhonda A ^a   Genta, Robert M ^a   Graham, David Y ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST STRIP;

ADULT; AGAR; AGED; BIOPSY; COLORING AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DYSPEPSIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UREASE;

EID: 0030997353     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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