Stool antigen testing for the diagnosis and confirmation of eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection: A prospective blinded trial

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 526-529

  Islam, Shamsul ^a,b   Weilert, F ^a   Babington, R ^a   Dickson, G ^a   Smith, A C ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eradication therapy; Helicobacter pylori; Sensitivity and specificity; Stool antigen test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; KLACID HP7; OMEPRAZOLE; PEROXIDASE; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24744440317     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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