Evaluation of a locally produced rapid urease test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 12 I, 2007, Pages 1281-1284

  Levin, D A ^a   Watermeyer, G ^a   Mohamed, N ^a   Epstein, D P ^a   Hlatshwayo, S J ^a   Metz, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GIEMSA STAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RAPID UREASE TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UREASE;

EID: 38549103532     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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