Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori: Invasive and non-invasive tests

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-313

  Ricci, Chiara ^a   Holton, John ^b   Vaira, Dino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

antigen test; Helicobacter pylori; invasive tests; non invasive tests; stool; urea breath test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CAGA PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREASE; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH PH; UREA BREATH TEST; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREATH TESTS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 33947252431     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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