Patients' attitudes to Helicobacter pylori breath and stool antigen tests compared to blood serology

Journal of Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  McNulty, Cliodna A M ^a   Whiting, Jillian W ^b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath test; Diagnosis; Helicobacter pylori; Serology; Stool antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UREA;

EID: 34250030471     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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