Evaluation of a latex agglutination test (PYLOGEN) for the detection of Helicobacter pylori in stool specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-353

  Blanco, Silvia ^a,b   Forné, Montse ^c   Lacoma, Alicia ^a,b   Prat, Cristina ^a,b   Cuesta, Miguel Ángel ^a   Fuenzalida, Loreto ^a,b   Viver, Josep Maria ^c   Domínguez, Jose ^a,b  

^a FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ EN CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Latex agglutination test; Monitoring eradication; Stool antigen detection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERADICATION THERAPY; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UREA BREATH TEST;

FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 62249198973     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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