Validation of a new, commercially available dry rapid urease test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric biopsies

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 329-333

  van Keeken, N ^a,b   van Hattum, E ^a,b   de Boer, W A ^a,b  

^a BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dry rapid urease test; GUT test; H. pylori

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MONITORING; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOPSY; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; STOMACH; UREASE;

EID: 33750370394     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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