Diagnosis of helicobacter pylori infection in a high-prevalence pediatric population: A comparison of 2 fecal antigen testing methods and serology

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Cherian, Sarah ^a   Burgner, David P ^a   Carson, Christine F ^b   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Cook, Angus G ^a   Forbes, David A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fecal antigen testing; Helicobacter pylori; Refugee

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MONOCLONAL ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY FECAL ANTIGEN TEST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; AGE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 56049095772     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31815bc5b3     Document Type: Article

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