Quantifying gastric Helicobacter pylori infection: A comparison of quantitative culture, urease breath testing, and histology

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 396-401

  Tummala, Sanjeev ^a   Sheth, Sunil G ^a   Goldsmith, Jeffrey D ^a   Goldar Najafi, Atoussa ^a   Murphy, Christopher K ^b   Osburne, Marcia S ^b   Mullin, Steven ^b   Buxton, Debra ^b   Wagner, David A ^c   Kelly, Ciarán P ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ActivBiotics Inc   (United States)

^c Metabolic Solutions   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Helicobacter pylori; Urea breath test; Validation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; UREASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS; UREASE;

EID: 33846807725     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9377-9     Document Type: Article

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