Accuracy of four commercially available serologic tests, including two office-based tests and a commercially available13C urea breath test, for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-53

  Cohen, Hartley ^a   Rose, Steven ^a,b,c   Lewin, David N ^a,d   Retama, Betty ^a   Naritoku, Wesley ^a   Johnson, Cindy ^b   Bautista, Lorraine ^b   Crowe, Helen ^b   Pronovost, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Quidel Corporation   (United States)

^c Prometheus Laboratories   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STOMACH; UREASE;

EID: 0033085153     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.1999.09025.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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3. Loy CT, Irwig LM, Katelaris PH, Talley NJ. Do commercial serological kits for Helicobacter pylori differ in their accuracy? A meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol 1996;91:1138-44.