Comparison of PCR and common clinical tests for the diagnosis of H. pylori in dyspeptic patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 207-210

  Pacheco, N ^a   Mago, V ^b   Gomez I ^b   Gueneau, P ^a   Guelrud, M ^b   Reyes, N ^a   Pericchi, L R ^c   Dominguez Bello M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital General del Oeste   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BAYES THEOREM; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSPEPSIA; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 0034993844     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00228-0     Document Type: Article

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