Lack of diagnostic accuracy of the monoclonal stool antigen test for detection of helicobacter pylori infection in young Australian aboriginal children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-289

  Ritchie, Brett ^a   Brewster, David ^b   Tran, Cuong D ^c,d   McNeil, Yvette ^e   Zacharakis, Betty ^c   Davidson, Geoffrey P ^c   Butler, Ross N ^c,d  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Children   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; Aboriginal Australian; Children; Helicobacter pylori; Monoclonal stool antigen test for H. pylori

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOOL ANTIGEN TEST; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; ETHNOLOGY; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARBON;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ROC CURVE;

EID: 65649109756     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818e039b     Document Type: Article

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